Regulation of heat shock transcription factors and their roles in physiology and disease

R Gomez-Pastor, ET Burchfiel, DJ Thiele - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
The heat shock transcription factors (HSFs) were discovered over 30 years ago as direct
transcriptional activators of genes regulated by thermal stress, encoding heat shock …

[HTML][HTML] Taurine and its analogs in neurological disorders: Focus on therapeutic potential and molecular mechanisms

M Jakaria, S Azam, ME Haque, SH Jo, MS Uddin… - Redox biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Taurine is a sulfur-containing amino acid and known as semi-essential in mammals and is
produced chiefly by the liver and kidney. It presents in different organs, including retina …

[HTML][HTML] Astrocytes and microglia as non-cell autonomous players in the pathogenesis of ALS

J Lee, SJ Hyeon, H Im, H Ryu, Y Kim… - Experimental …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that leads
to a progressive muscle wasting and paralysis. The pathological phenotypes are featured by …

Autophagy in neuroinflammatory diseases

S Muller, S Brun, F René, J de Sèze, JP Loeffler… - Autoimmunity …, 2017 - Elsevier
Autophagy is a metabolically-central process that is crucial in diverse areas of cell
physiology. It ensures a fair balance between life and death molecular and cellular flows …

Expedition into taurine biology: structural insights and therapeutic perspective of taurine in neurodegenerative diseases

MA Bhat, K Ahmad, MSA Khan, MA Bhat, A Almatroudi… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are characterized by the accumulation of misfolded
proteins. The hallmarks of protein aggregation in NDs proceed with impairment in the …

Thermal history and gape of individual Mytilus californianus correlate with oxidative damage and thermoprotective osmolytes

LU Gleason, LP Miller, JR Winnikoff… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
The ability of animals to cope with environmental stress depends–in part–on past
experience, yet knowledge of the factors influencing an individual's physiology in nature …

L-Citrulline level and transporter activity are altered in experimental models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

A Gyawali, S Gautam, SJ Hyeon, H Ryu… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive motor neuron disease caused by the
death of the neurons regulating the voluntary muscles which leads to the progressive …

Morphometric and neurochemical alterations found in l-BMAA treated rats

E de Munck, E Muñoz-Sáez, BG Miguel… - Environmental …, 2015 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by
progressive muscle paralysis that reflects the motoneurons' degeneration. Several studies …

Transport alteration of 4-phenyl butyric acid mediated by a sodium-and proton-coupled monocarboxylic acid transporter system in ALS model cell lines (NSC-34) …

A Gyawali, YS Kang - Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Phenyl butyric acid (PBA) has histone deacetylase inhibitory and neuroprotective effects. We
aimed to examine the transport alteration activity of PBA in control (WT) and disease (MT) …

HSF1 and its role in Huntington's disease pathology

H Kim, R Gomez-Pastor - Cell Biology and Translational Medicine, Volume …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose of review: Heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) is the master transcriptional regulator of the
heat shock response (HSR) in mammalian cells and is a critical element in maintaining …