Lectins as potential tools for cancer biomarker discovery from extracellular vesicles

MK Islam, M Khan, K Gidwani, KW Witwer… - Biomarker …, 2023 - Springer
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have considerable potential as diagnostic, prognostic, and
therapeutic agents, in large part because molecular patterns on the EV surface betray the …

The G2019S LRRK2 mutation increases myeloid cell chemotactic responses and enhances LRRK2 binding to actin-regulatory proteins

MS Moehle, JPL Daher, TD Hull… - Human molecular …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The Leucine rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene is genetically and biochemically linked to
several diseases that involve innate immunity. LRRK2 protein is highly expressed in …

Oviductal glycoprotein 1 promotes hypertension by inducing vascular remodeling through an interaction with MYH9

C Bai, M Su, Y Zhang, Y Lin, Y Sun, L Song, N Xiao… - Circulation, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Hypertension is a common cardiovascular disease that is related to genetic
and environmental factors, but its mechanisms remain unclear. DNA methylation, a classic …

Peptidylarginine deiminases—roles in cancer and neurodegeneration and possible avenues for therapeutic intervention via modulation of exosome and microvesicle …

S Lange, M Gallagher, S Kholia… - International journal of …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Exosomes and microvesicles (EMVs) are lipid bilayer-enclosed structures released from
cells and participate in cell-to-cell communication via transport of biological molecules …

Key role of exportin 6 in exosome-mediated viral transmission from insect vectors to plants

H Lu, J Zhu, J Yu, Q Li, L Luo… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Exosomes play a key role in virus exocytosis and transmission. The exportin family is usually
responsible for cargo nucleocytoplasmic trafficking, and they are frequently found in …

Surface protein profiling and subtyping of extracellular vesicles in body fluids reveals non‐CSF biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease

Y Cai, T Chen, Y Cai, J Liu, B Yu, Y Fan… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Noninvasive and effortless diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains challenging. Here
we report the multiplexed profiling of extracellular vesicle (EV) surface proteins at the single …

Mitochondrial DNA damage as a potential biomarker of LRRK2 kinase activity in LRRK2 Parkinson's disease

CP Gonzalez-Hunt, EA Thacker, CM Toste… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) is a promising therapeutic target for the treatment of
Parkinson's disease (PD) and LRRK2 kinase inhibitors are currently being tested in early …

Toll-like receptor 4 engagement mediates prolyl endopeptidase release from airway epithelia via exosomes

T Szul, PE Bratcher, KB Fraser, M Kong… - American journal of …, 2016 - atsjournals.org
Proteases are important regulators of pulmonary remodeling and airway inflammation.
Recently, we have characterized the enzyme prolyl endopeptidase (PE), a serine peptidase …

Portrait of blood-derived extracellular vesicles in patients with Parkinson's disease

J Lamontagne-Proulx, I St-Amour, R Labib, J Pilon… - Neurobiology of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The production of extracellular vesicles (EV) is a ubiquitous feature of eukaryotic cells but
pathological events can affect their formation and constituents. We sought to characterize …

LRRK2 dephosphorylation increases its ubiquitination

J Zhao, TP Molitor, JW Langston… - Biochemical …, 2015 - portlandpress.com
Activating mutations in the leucine rich repeat protein kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene are the most
common cause of inherited Parkinson's disease (PD). LRRK2 is phosphorylated on a cluster …