A guide to cell death pathways

J Yuan, D Ofengeim - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Regulated cell death mediated by dedicated molecular machines, known as programmed
cell death, plays important roles in health and disease. Apoptosis, necroptosis and …

Heat shock proteins: Biological functions, pathological roles, and therapeutic opportunities

C Hu, J Yang, Z Qi, H Wu, B Wang, F Zou, H Mei… - MedComm, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The heat shock proteins (HSPs) are ubiquitous and conserved protein families in both
prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, and they maintain cellular proteostasis and protect …

Cellular functions of the protein kinase ATM and their relevance to human disease

JH Lee, TT Paull - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2021 - nature.com
The protein kinase ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) is a master regulator of double-
strand DNA break (DSB) signalling and stress responses. For three decades, ATM has been …

[HTML][HTML] Lysosomes as a therapeutic target

SR Bonam, F Wang, S Muller - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Lysosomes are membrane-bound organelles with roles in processes involved in degrading
and recycling cellular waste, cellular signalling and energy metabolism. Defects in genes …

Tau-targeting therapies for Alzheimer disease

EE Congdon, EM Sigurdsson - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2018 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Pathologically, AD is
characterized by amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, with associated …

[HTML][HTML] Endoplasmic reticulum stress and unfolded protein response in neurodegenerative diseases

R Ghemrawi, M Khair - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an important organelle involved in protein quality control
and cellular homeostasis. The accumulation of unfolded proteins leads to an ER stress …

[PDF][PDF] Targeted protein degradation: A promise for undruggable proteins

KTG Samarasinghe, CM Crews - Cell chemical biology, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Protein homeostasis, or" proteostasis," is indispensable for a balanced, healthy
environment within the cell. However, when natural proteostasis mechanisms are …

Development of multifunctional molecules as potential therapeutic candidates for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the …

MG Savelieff, G Nam, J Kang, HJ Lee, M Lee… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Neurodegenerative diseases pose a substantial socioeconomic burden on society.
Unfortunately, the aging world population and lack of effective cures foreshadow a negative …

Signaling pathways in inflammation and anti-inflammatory therapies

YT Yeung, F Aziz, A Guerrero-Castilla… - Current …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
During the past decade, an abundance of new evidence highlighted the importance of
inflammation in the development of chronic pathologies such as neurodegeneration, cancer …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in carrier mediated nose-to-brain delivery of pharmaceutics

V Bourganis, O Kammona, A Alexopoulos… - European journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Central nervous system (CNS) disorders (eg, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, etc.)
represent a growing public health issue, primarily due to the increased life expectancy and …