Warburg-like metabolic transformation underlies neuronal degeneration in sporadic Alzheimer's disease

L Traxler, JR Herdy, D Stefanoni, S Eichhorner… - Cell metabolism, 2022 - cell.com
The drivers of sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) remain incompletely understood. Utilizing
directly converted induced neurons (iNs) from AD-patient-derived fibroblasts, we identified a …

Mitochondrial regulation in human pluripotent stem cells during reprogramming and β cell differentiation

IT Jasra, N Cuesta-Gomez, K Verhoeff… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell and dynamically control fundamental biological
processes including cell reprogramming, pluripotency, and lineage specification. Although …

Targeting oxidative stress, a crucial challenge in renal transplantation outcome

R Carcy, M Cougnon, M Poet, M Durandy… - Free Radical Biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Disorders characterized by ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) are the most common causes of
debilitating diseases and death in stroke, cardiovascular ischemia, acute kidney injury or …

The critical role of STAT3 in biogenesis of tumor-derived exosomes with potency of inducing cancer cachexia in vitro and in vivo

M Fan, W Sun, X Gu, S Lu, Q Shen, X Liu, X Zhang - Oncogene, 2022 - nature.com
Tumor-derived exosomes are emerging mediators of cancer cachexia. Clarifying the
regulation of exosome biogenesis and finding possible targets for cancer cachexia therapy …

Deubiquitinase PSMD14 promotes ovarian cancer progression by decreasing enzymatic activity of PKM2

T Sun, Z Liu, F Bi, Q Yang - Molecular oncology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dysregulation of deubiquitination has been reported to contribute to carcinogenesis.
However, the function and mechanism of deubiquitinating enzyme 26S proteasome non …

Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) interacts with activating transcription factor 2 (ATF2) to bridge glycolysis and pyroptosis in microglia

M Li, H Lu, X Wang, C Duan, X Zhu, Y Zhang, X Ge… - Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2), a glycolytic rate-limiting enzyme, reportedly plays an
important role in tumorigenesis and the inflammatory response by regulating the metabolic …

LncRNA Tug1 relieves the steatosis of SelenoF-knockout hepatocytes via sponging miR-1934-3p

W Wang, Z Miao, X Qi, B Wang, Q Liu, X Shi… - Cell Biology and …, 2023 - Springer
Metabolic dysfunction associated with fatty liver disease (MAFLD), always accompanied by
disturbance of glucose and lipid metabolism, is becoming the most difficult obstacle in the …

Metabolic Reprogramming Mediates Delayed Apoptosis of Human Neutrophils Infected With Francisella tularensis

SJ Krysa, LAH Allen - Frontiers in Immunology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neutrophils (polymorphonuclear leukocytes, PMNs) have a distinctively short lifespan, and
tight regulation of cell survival and death is imperative for their normal function. We …

A2AR as a Prognostic Marker and a Potential Immunotherapy Target in Human Glioma

S Rafii, A Ghouzlani, O Naji, S Ait Ssi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gliomas are considered one of the most malignant tumors in the body. The immune system
has the ability to control the initiation and development of tumors, including gliomas. Thus …

A perspective on medicinal chemistry approaches for targeting pyruvate kinase M2

S Arora, G Joshi, A Chaturvedi, M Heuser… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The allosteric regulation of pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) affects the switching of the PKM2
protein between the high-activity and low-activity states that allow ATP and lactate …