Abstract:It has been implicated that type 2 diabetes mellitus is a conformational disease because amylin, a peptide produced by beta cell, undergoes an alteration in the native formation followed by selfaggregation and deposition. Amyloidogenesis causes destruction of pancreatic beta-cells. The subsequent lack of insulin leads to increased blood glucose. The main aim of this study was to investigate whether two chemical chaperones named glycerol and spermine vary islet amyloid polypeptide folding under near-physiologic… Show more
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