Anti-Aggregating Effect of the Naturally Occurring Dipeptide Carnosine on Aβ1-42 Fibril Formation

Alessandra Aloisi; Amilcare Barca; Alessandro Romano; Sara Guerrieri; Carlo Storelli; Rosaria Rinaldi; Tiziano Verri

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068159

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Anti-Aggregating Effect of the Naturally Occurring Dipeptide Carnosine on Aβ1-42 Fibril Formation

Alessandra Aloisi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandra Aloisi, Amilcare Barca

Affiliation National Nanotechnology Laboratory (NNL) of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) – Istituto Nanoscienze Lecce, Lecce, Italy
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Amilcare Barca ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandra Aloisi, Amilcare Barca

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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Alessandro Romano,

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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Sara Guerrieri,

Current address: Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genova, Italy

Affiliations National Nanotechnology Laboratory (NNL) of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) – Istituto Nanoscienze Lecce, Lecce, Italy, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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Carlo Storelli,

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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Rosaria Rinaldi ,

* E-mail: ross.rinaldi@unisalento.it (RR); tiziano.verri@unisalento.it (TV)

Affiliations National Nanotechnology Laboratory (NNL) of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) – Istituto Nanoscienze Lecce, Lecce, Italy, Mathematics and Physics “E. De Giorgi” Department, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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Tiziano Verri

* E-mail: ross.rinaldi@unisalento.it (RR); tiziano.verri@unisalento.it (TV)

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
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Anti-Aggregating Effect of the Naturally Occurring Dipeptide Carnosine on Aβ1-42 Fibril Formation

Alessandra Aloisi,
Amilcare Barca,
Alessandro Romano,
Sara Guerrieri,
Carlo Storelli,
Rosaria Rinaldi,
Tiziano Verri

Published: July 3, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0068159

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