Clinical and pathophysiological concepts of neuralgic amyotrophy

N Van Alfen - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2011 - nature.com
Neuralgic amyotrophy—also known as Parsonage–Turner syndrome or brachial plexus
neuritis—is a distinct and painful peripheral neuropathy that causes episodes of multifocal …

[HTML][HTML] Septin functions in organ system physiology and pathology

L Dolat, Q Hu, ET Spiliotis - Biological chemistry, 2014 - degruyter.com
Human septins comprise a family of 13 genes that encode for> 30 protein isoforms with
ubiquitous and tissue-specific expressions. Septins are GTP-binding proteins that assemble …

[HTML][HTML] The GTP-binding protein Septin 7 is critical for dendrite branching and dendritic-spine morphology

Y Xie, JP Vessey, A Konecna, R Dahm, P Macchi… - Current Biology, 2007 - cell.com
Septins, a highly conserved family of GTP-binding proteins, were originally identified in a
genetic screen for S. cerevisiae mutants defective in cytokinesis [1, 2]. In yeast, septins …

A revised order of subunits in mammalian septin complexes

DC Mendonça, JN Macedo, SL Guimaraes… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Septins are GTP binding proteins considered to be novel components of the cytoskeleton.
They polymerize into filaments based on hexameric or octameric core particles in which two …

Mutations in SEPT9 cause hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy

G Kuhlenbäumer, MC Hannibal, E Nelis… - Nature …, 2005 - nature.com
Hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy (HNA) is an autosomal dominant recurrent neuropathy
affecting the brachial plexus. HNA is triggered by environmental factors such as infection or …

Spatial effects− site-specific regulation of actin and microtubule organization by septin GTPases

ET Spiliotis - Journal of cell science, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
The actin and microtubule cytoskeletons comprise a variety of networks with distinct
architectures, dynamics and protein composition. A fundamental question in eukaryotic cell …

GTP-induced conformational changes in septins and implications for function

M Sirajuddin, M Farkasovsky, E Zent… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Septins constitute a group of GTP-binding proteins involved in cytokinesis and other
essential cellular functions. They form heterooligomeric complexes that polymerize into …

SEPT9 occupies the terminal positions in septin octamers and mediates polymerization-dependent functions in abscission

MS Kim, CD Froese, MP Estey, WS Trimble - Journal of Cell Biology, 2011 - rupress.org
Septins are filamentous guanosine triphosphatase–binding proteins that are required for
cytokinesis in a wide range of organisms from yeast to man. Several septins, including …

Mammalian septins regulate microtubule stability through interaction with the microtubule-binding protein MAP4

BE Kremer, T Haystead, IG Macara - Molecular biology of the cell, 2005 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Mammalian septins constitute a family of at least 12 GTP-binding proteins that can form
hetero-oligomers and that are sometimes found in association with actin or microtubule …

[HTML][HTML] Septins regulate actin organization and cell-cycle arrest through nuclear accumulation of NCK mediated by SOCS7

BE Kremer, LA Adang, IG Macara - Cell, 2007 - cell.com
Mammalian septins are GTP-binding proteins the functions of which are not well understood.
Knockdown of SEPT2, 6, and 7 causes stress fibers to disintegrate and cells to lose polarity …