[HTML][HTML] TDP-43 in aging and Alzheimer's disease-a review

AC Wilson, BN Dugger, DW Dickson… - International journal of …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43), an RNA and DNA binding
protein involved in transcriptional repression, RNA splicing and RNA metabolism during the …

Structure, function, and mechanism of progranulin; the brain and beyond

H Toh, BP Chitramuthu, HPJ Bennett… - Journal of Molecular …, 2011 - Springer
Mutation of human GRN, the gene encoding the secreted glycoprotein progranulin, results in
a form of frontotemporal lobar degeneration that is characterized by the presence of …

Long pre-mRNA depletion and RNA missplicing contribute to neuronal vulnerability from loss of TDP-43

M Polymenidou, C Lagier-Tourenne, KR Hutt… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
We used cross-linking and immunoprecipitation coupled with high-throughput sequencing to
identify binding sites in 6,304 genes as the brain RNA targets for TDP-43, an RNA binding …

[PDF][PDF] Functional genomic analyses identify pathways dysregulated by progranulin deficiency, implicating Wnt signaling

EY Rosen, EM Wexler, R Versano, G Coppola, F Gao… - Neuron, 2011 - cell.com
Progranulin (GRN) mutations cause frontotemporal dementia (FTD), but GRN's function in
the CNS remains largely unknown. To identify the pathways downstream of GRN, we used …

A neurodegenerative disease mutation that accelerates the clearance of apoptotic cells

AW Kao, RJ Eisenhut, LH Martens… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration is a progressive neurodegenerative syndrome that is the
second most common cause of early-onset dementia. Mutations in the progranulin gene are …

[HTML][HTML] Progranulin: a promising therapeutic target for rheumatoid arthritis

C Liu - FEBS letters, 2011 - Elsevier
Progranulin (PGRN) is an autocrine growth factor with multiple functions. This review
provides updates about the interplays of PGRN with extracellular matrix proteins, proteolytic …

Cellular effects of progranulin in health and disease

L De Muynck, P Van Damme - Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2011 - Springer
Progranulin is a fascinating multifunctional protein, which has been implicated in cell growth,
wound repair, tumorigenesis, inflammation, neurodevelopment, and more recently in …

[HTML][HTML] C-terminus of progranulin interacts with the beta-propeller region of sortilin to regulate progranulin trafficking

Y Zheng, OA Brady, PS Meng, Y Mao, F Hu - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Progranulin haplo-insufficiency is a main cause of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD)
with TDP-43 aggregates. Previous studies have shown that sortilin regulates progranulin …

Transcriptional gene network inference from a massive dataset elucidates transcriptome organization and gene function

V Belcastro, V Siciliano, F Gregoretti… - Nucleic acids …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We collected a massive and heterogeneous dataset of 20 255 gene expression profiles
(GEPs) from a variety of human samples and experimental conditions, as well as 8895 GEPs …

Extracellular progranulin protects cortical neurons from toxic insults by activating survival signaling

J Xu, M Xilouri, J Bruban, J Shioi, Z Shao… - Neurobiology of …, 2011 - Elsevier
To reduce damage from toxic insults such as glutamate excitotoxicity and oxidative stresses,
neurons may deploy an array of neuroprotective mechanisms. Recent reports show that …