Microglial progranulin: involvement in Alzheimer's disease and neurodegenerative diseases

A Mendsaikhan, I Tooyama, DG Walker - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease have proven resistant to new
treatments. The complexity of neurodegenerative disease mechanisms can be highlighted …

The role of PGRN in Alzheimer's disease

H Jing, MS Tan, JT Yu, L Tan - Molecular neurobiology, 2016 - Springer
Progranulin (PGRN), a multifunctional growth factor expressed in various tissues, is involved
in a diversity of physiologic and pathological processes, including cell proliferation, wound …

Progranulin as a therapeutic target in neurodegenerative diseases

H Rhinn, N Tatton, S McCaughey, M Kurnellas… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Progranulin (PGRN, encoded by the GRN gene) plays a key role in the development,
survival, function, and maintenance of neurons and microglia in the mammalian brain. It …

The lysosomal function of progranulin, a guardian against neurodegeneration

DH Paushter, H Du, T Feng, F Hu - Acta neuropathologica, 2018 - Springer
Progranulin (PGRN), encoded by the GRN gene in humans, is a secreted growth factor
implicated in a multitude of processes ranging from regulation of inflammation to wound …

Progranulin promotes neurite outgrowth and neuronal differentiation by regulating GSK-3β

X Gao, AP Joselin, L Wang, A Kar, P Ray, A Bateman… - Protein & cell, 2010 - Springer
Progranulin (PGRN) has recently emerged as a key player in a subset of frontotemporal
dementias (FTD). Numerous mutations in the progranulin gene have been identified in …

Progranulin in neurodegenerative dementia

XM Wang, P Zeng, YY Fang, T Zhang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Long‐term or severe lack of protective factors is important in the pathogenesis of
neurodegenerative dementia. Progranulin (PGRN), a neurotrophic factor expressed mainly …

Progranulin: normal function and role in neurodegeneration

JL Eriksen, IRA Mackenzie - Journal of neurochemistry, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Progranulin (PGRN) is a multifunctional protein that has attracted significant attention in the
neuroscience community following the recent discovery of PGRN mutations in some cases …

Regulation of progranulin expression in human microglia and proteolysis of progranulin by matrix metalloproteinase-12 (MMP-12)

HS Suh, N Choi, L Tarassishin, SC Lee - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background The essential role of progranulin (PGRN) as a neurotrophic factor has been
demonstrated by the discovery that haploinsufficiency due to GRN gene mutations causes …

Progranulin in frontotemporal lobar degeneration and neuroinflammation

Z Ahmed, IRA Mackenzie, ML Hutton… - Journal of …, 2007 - Springer
Progranulin (PGRN) is a pleiotropic protein that has gained the attention of the neuroscience
community with recent discoveries of mutations in the gene for PGRN that cause …

Losing protein in the brain: the case of progranulin

R Ghidoni, A Paterlini, V Albertini, G Binetti, L Benussi - Brain research, 2012 - Elsevier
It is well known that progranulin protein is involved in wound repair, inflammation, and tumor
formation. The wedding between progranulin and brain was celebrated in 2006 with the …