Progress and challenges in targeted protein degradation for neurodegenerative disease therapy

Y Fang, J Wang, M Zhao, Q Zheng, C Ren… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are currently incurable diseases that cause progressive
degeneration of nerve cells. Many of the disease-causing proteins of NDs are “undruggable” …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic potential of vital transcription factors in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease with particular emphasis on transcription factor EB mediated …

SN Rai, N Tiwari, P Singh, D Mishra, AK Singh… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Autophagy is an important cellular self-digestion and recycling pathway that helps in
maintaining cellular homeostasis. Dysregulation at various steps of the autophagic and …

[HTML][HTML] Involvement of p38 MAPK in synaptic function and dysfunction

C Falcicchia, F Tozzi, O Arancio, DM Watterson… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many studies have revealed a central role of p38 MAPK in neuronal plasticity and the
regulation of long-term changes in synaptic efficacy, such as long-term potentiation (LTP) …

p38 MAPK inhibits autophagy and promotes microglial inflammatory responses by phosphorylating ULK1

Y He, H She, T Zhang, H Xu, L Cheng, M Yepes… - Journal of Cell …, 2018 - rupress.org
Inflammation and autophagy are two critical cellular processes. The relationship between
these two processes is complex and includes the suppression of inflammation by …

[HTML][HTML] A review of cytokine-based pathophysiology of Long COVID symptoms

RN Low, RJ Low, A Akrami - Frontiers in Medicine, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The Long COVID/Post Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) group includes patients with
initial mild-to-moderate symptoms during the acute phase of the illness, in whom recovery is …

Kinases as potential therapeutic targets for anti-coronaviral therapy

T Pillaiyar, S Laufer - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2021 - ACS Publications
The global coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has affected more than 140 million and
killed more than 3 million people worldwide as of April 20, 2021. The novel human severe …

[HTML][HTML] Preclinical and randomized clinical evaluation of the p38α kinase inhibitor neflamapimod for basal forebrain cholinergic degeneration

Y Jiang, JJ Alam, SN Gomperts, P Maruff… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The endosome-associated GTPase Rab5 is a central player in the molecular
mechanisms leading to degeneration of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons (BFCN), a long …

[HTML][HTML] Micro-RNAs shuttled by extracellular vesicles secreted from mesenchymal stem cells dampen astrocyte pathological activation and support neuroprotection in …

F Provenzano, S Nyberg, D Giunti, C Torazza, B Parodi… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease with no effective cure.
Astrocytes display a toxic phenotype in ALS and contribute to motoneuron (MN) …

Interleukins in glioblastoma pathophysiology: implications for therapy

YT Yeung, KL McDonald, T Grewal… - British journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Despite considerable amount of research, the poor prognosis of patients diagnosed with
glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) critically needs new drug development to improve clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Quercetin attenuates inflammatory responses in BV-2 microglial cells: role of MAPKs on the Nrf2 pathway and induction of heme oxygenase-1

GY Sun, Z Chen, KJ Jasmer, DY Chuang, Z Gu… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
A large group of flavonoids found in fruits and vegetables have been suggested to elicit
health benefits due mainly to their anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory properties. Recent …