Autophagy, polyphenols and healthy ageing

K Pallauf, G Rimbach - Ageing research reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Autophagy is a lysosomal degradation process that evolved as a starvation response in
lower eukaryotes and has gained numerous functions in higher organisms. In animals …

PABPN 1: molecular function and muscle disease

A Banerjee, LH Apponi, GK Pavlath… - The FEBS …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The polyadenosine RNA binding protein polyadenylate‐binding nuclear protein 1 (PABPN
1) plays key roles in post‐transcriptional processing of RNA. Although PABPN 1 is …

Autophagy contributes to inflammation in patients with TNFR-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS)

T Bachetti, S Chiesa, P Castagnola, D Bani… - Annals of the …, 2013 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is
caused by TNFRSF1A mutations, known to induce intracellular retention of the TNFα …

Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome

N Ramanantsoa, J Gallego - Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 2013 - Elsevier
Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS) is characterized by hypoventilation
during sleep and impaired ventilatory responses to hypercapnia and hypoxemia. Most cases …

Transcriptional dysregulation and impairment of PHOX2B auto-regulatory mechanism induced by polyalanine expansion mutations associated with congenital central …

S Di Lascio, T Bachetti, E Saba, I Ceccherini… - Neurobiology of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The PHOX2B transcription factor plays a crucial role in autonomic nervous system
development. In humans, heterozygous mutations of the PHOX2B gene lead to congenital …

Molecular pathology of polyalanine expansion disorders: new perspectives from mouse models

JN Hughes, PQ Thomas - Tandem Repeats in Genes, Proteins, and …, 2013 - Springer
Disease-causing polyalanine (PA) expansion mutations have been identified in nine genes,
eight of which encode transcription factors (TFs) with important roles in development. In vitro …