Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM): An overview of current therapies and mechanisms of resistance

W Wu, JL Klockow, M Zhang, F Lafortune… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a WHO grade IV glioma and the most common malignant,
primary brain tumor with a 5-year survival of 7.2%. Its highly infiltrative nature, genetic …

Autophagy as a molecular target for cancer treatment

NM Kocaturk, Y Akkoc, C Kig, O Bayraktar… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Autophagy is an evolutionarily conserved catabolic mechanism, by which eukaryotic cells
recycle or degrades internal constituents through membrane-trafficking pathway. Thus …

[HTML][HTML] X-linked ubiquitin-specific peptidase 11 increases tauopathy vulnerability in women

Y Yan, X Wang, D Chaput, MK Shin, Y Koh, L Gan… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Although women experience significantly higher tau burden and increased risk for
Alzheimer's disease (AD) than men, the underlying mechanism for this vulnerability has not …

A guide to the regulation of selective autophagy receptors

A Gubas, I Dikic - The FEBS journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Autophagy is a highly conserved catabolic process cells use to maintain their homeostasis
by degrading misfolded, damaged and excessive proteins, nonfunctional organelles, foreign …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms of photoreceptor death in retinitis pigmentosa

F Newton, R Megaw - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the most common cause of inherited blindness and is
characterised by the progressive loss of retinal photoreceptors. However, RP is a highly …

[HTML][HTML] Ubiquitin-mediated regulation of autophagy

RH Chen, YH Chen, TY Huang - Journal of Biomedical Science, 2019 - Springer
Autophagy is a major degradation pathway that utilizes lysosome hydrolases to degrade
cellular constituents and is often induced under cellular stress conditions to restore cell …

[HTML][HTML] Degradation of proteins by PROTACs and other strategies

Y Wang, X Jiang, F Feng, W Liu, H Sun - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2020 - Elsevier
Blocking the biological functions of scaffold proteins and aggregated proteins is a
challenging goal. PROTAC proteolysis-targeting chimaera (PROTAC) technology may be …

[HTML][HTML] USP14: structure, function, and target inhibition

F Wang, S Ning, B Yu, Y Wang - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ubiquitin-specific protease 14 (USP14), a deubiquitinating enzyme (DUB), is associated
with proteasomes and exerts a dual function in regulating protein degradation. USP14 …

[HTML][HTML] Normal aging induces changes in the brain and neurodegeneration progress: review of the structural, biochemical, metabolic, cellular, and molecular …

J Lee, HJ Kim - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Aging is accompanied by many changes in brain and contributes to progressive cognitive
decline. In contrast to pathological changes in brain, normal aging brain changes have …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondria as a therapeutic target for cardiac ischemia‑reperfusion injury

W Marin, D Marin, X Ao, Y Liu - … Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - spandidos-publications.com
Acute myocardial infarction is the leading cause of cardiovascular‑related mortality and
chronic heart failure worldwide. As regards treatment, the reperfusion of ischemic tissue …