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A foldamer approach to targeting membrane bound helical states of islet amyloid polypeptide

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CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 49, Issue 42, Pages 4749-4751

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ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc41452c

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  1. NIH [GM094693]
  2. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R01GM094693] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER

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A small molecule, protein mimetic based approach is shown to specifically inhibit lipid catalysed self-assembly of islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP). The lipid-bound oligomerization of this peptide is implicated in cellular dysfunction of insulin secreting beta-cells in type II diabetes.

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