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Peter Faller is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France. Their research work spans multiple disciplines within the broader areas of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry. The main subfields of study include Molecular Biology, Oncology, Nutrition and Dietetics, Physiology, and Spectroscopy.

Their expertise focuses on several key topics that involve both fundamental and applied research. These include:

  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Peter Faller has contributed extensively to the literature with notable papers published in well-established scientific journals. Some recent publications include:

  • "Amyloid Oligomers: A Joint Experimental/Computational Perspective on Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Type II Diabetes, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis," 2021, Chemical Reviews
  • "Copper Induces Protein Aggregation, a Toxic Process Compensated by Molecular Chaperones," 2022, mBio
  • "Extracellular Cu2+ pools and their detection: From current knowledge to next-generation probes," 2021, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Copper-Catalyzed Glutathione Oxidation is Accelerated by the Anticancer Thiosemicarbazone Dp44mT and Further Boosted at Lower pH," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Copper Imbalance in Alzheimer's Disease and Its Link with the Amyloid Hypothesis: Towards a Combined Clinical, Chemical, and Genetic Etiology," 2021, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Peter Faller include:

  • Enrico Falcone
  • Bertrand Vileno
  • Laurent Raibaut
  • Michael Okafor
  • Vincent Lebrun

Peter Faller's research outputs appear regularly in several key publication venues that focus on chemistry and molecular science. These venues include:

  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Metallomics
  • Chemical Communications

Best Publications

  • Oxidative stress and the amyloid beta peptide in Alzheimer's disease.

    Clémence Cheignon;M. Tomas;M. Tomas;D. Bonnefont-Rousselot;Peter Faller

  • Amyloid β Protein and Alzheimer’s Disease: When Computer Simulations Complement Experimental Studies

    Jessica Nasica-Labouze;Phuong H. Nguyen;Fabio Sterpone;Olivia Berthoumieu

  • Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Phuong H. Nguyen;Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy;Bikash R. Sahoo;Jie Zheng

  • Binding of transition metal ions to albumin: sites, affinities and rates.

    Wojciech Bal;Magdalena Sokołowska;Ewa Kurowska;Peter Faller

  • Bioinorganic chemistry of copper and zinc ions coordinated to amyloid-β peptide

    Peter Faller;Christelle Hureau

  • Role of Metal Ions in the Self-assembly of the Alzheimer’s Amyloid-β Peptide

    Peter Faller;Christelle Hureau;Christelle Hureau;Olivia Berthoumieu;Olivia Berthoumieu

  • Copper and Zinc Binding to Amyloid‐β: Coordination, Dynamics, Aggregation, Reactivity and Metal‐Ion Transfer

    Peter Faller;Peter Faller

  • Mechanism of Cd2+ toxicity: Cd2+ inhibits photoactivation of Photosystem II by competitive binding to the essential Ca2+ site.

    Peter Faller;Katharina Kienzler;Anja Krieger-Liszkay

  • Aβ-mediated ROS production by Cu ions: Structural insights, mechanisms and relevance to Alzheimer's disease

    Christelle Hureau;Peter Faller;Peter Faller

  • Redox Chemistry of Copper–Amyloid-β: The Generation of Hydroxyl Radical in the Presence of Ascorbate is Linked to Redox-Potentials and Aggregation State

    Luc Guilloreau;Sarah Combalbert;Alix Sournia-Saquet;Honoré Mazarguil

  • Activity of metal-responsive transcription factor 1 by toxic heavy metals and H2O2 in vitro is modulated by metallothionein.

    Bo Zhang;Oleg Georgiev;Michael Hagmann;Çagatay Günes

  • Metal Ions and Intrinsically Disordered Proteins and Peptides: From Cu/Zn Amyloid-β to General Principles

    Peter Faller;Christelle Hureau;Christelle Hureau;Giovanni La Penna

  • Metal swap between Zn7-metallothionein-3 and amyloid-beta-Cu protects against amyloid-beta toxicity.

    Gabriele Meloni;Vanessa Sonois;Tamara Delaine;Luc Guilloreau

  • Carotenoid Oxidation in Photosystem II

    Hanley J;Deligiannakis Y;Pascal A;Faller P

  • Iron(II) binding to amyloid-β, the Alzheimer's peptide.

    Fatima Bousejra-ElGarah;Christian Bijani;Christian Bijani;Yannick Coppel;Yannick Coppel;Peter Faller;Peter Faller

  • Pulse EPR spectroscopy reveals the coordination sphere of copper(II) ions in the 1-16 amyloid-beta peptide: a key role of the first two N-terminus residues.

    Pierre Dorlet;Serge Gambarelli;Peter Faller;Peter Faller;Christelle Hureau;Christelle Hureau

  • Why Is Research on Amyloid-β Failing to Give New Drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease?

    Andrew J. Doig;Maria P. del Castillo-Frias;Olivia Berthoumieu;Olivia Berthoumieu;Bogdan Tarus

  • Deprotonation of the Asp1Ala2 Peptide Bond Induces Modification of the Dynamic Copper(II) Environment in the Amyloid‐β Peptide near Physiological pH

    Christelle Hureau;Christelle Hureau;Yannick Coppel;Yannick Coppel;Pierre Dorlet;Pier Lorenzo Solari

  • Structural and thermodynamical properties of CuII amyloid-β16/28 complexes associated with Alzheimer’s disease

    Luc Guilloreau;Luminita Damian;Yannick Coppel;Honoré Mazarguil

  • Cu(II) Affinity for the Alzheimer’s Peptide: Tyrosine Fluorescence Studies Revisited

    Bruno Alies;Emelyne Renaglia;Emelyne Renaglia;Malgorzata Rózga;Wojciech Bal

Frequent Co-Authors

Christelle Hureau
Christelle Hureau Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Milan Vašák
Milan Vašák University of Zurich
Wojciech Bal
Wojciech Bal Polish Academy of Sciences
Philippe Derreumaux
Philippe Derreumaux Ton Duc Thang University
Andrew J. Doig
Andrew J. Doig University of Manchester
Rutherford Aw
Rutherford Aw Imperial College London
Richard J. Debus
Richard J. Debus University of California, Riverside
Philippe C. Baveye
Philippe C. Baveye University of Paris-Saclay
Roger S. Chung
Roger S. Chung Macquarie University
Ruth Nussinov
Ruth Nussinov National Institutes of Health

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