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Calcium-activated membrane interaction of the islet amyloid polypeptide: Implications in the pathogenesis of type II diabetes mellitus

Michele F. M. Sciacca, Matteo Pappalardo, Danilo Milardi, Domenico Grasso, Carmelo La Rosa

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics · 2008 · 45 citations · 45 references

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Small-volume extrusion apparatus for preparation of large, unilamellar vesicles

Robert C. MacDonald, Robert C. MacDonald, Ruby I. MacDonald et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes · 1991 · 1.5K citations

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Purification and characterization of a peptide from amyloid-rich pancreases of type 2 diabetic patients.

Garth J. S. Cooper, Anthony C. Willis, Anne Clark et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1987 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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Calcium Dysregulation and Membrane Disruption as a Ubiquitous Neurotoxic Mechanism of Soluble Amyloid Oligomers*♦

Angelo Demuro, Erene Mina, Rakez Kayed et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2005 · 1K citations · Full text

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Amyloid ion channels: A common structural link for protein-misfolding disease

Arjan P. Quist, Ivo Doudevski, Hai Lin et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 982 citations · Full text

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Amyloid fibrils in human insulinoma and islets of Langerhans of the diabetic cat are derived from a neuropeptide-like protein also present in normal islet cells.

Per Westermark, Christer Wernstedt, Erik Wilander et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1987 · 980 citations · Full text

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