[HTML][HTML] The role of TDP-43 mislocalization in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

TR Suk, MWC Rousseaux - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2020 - Springer
Since its discovery as a primary component in cytoplasmic aggregates in post-mortem tissue
of patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), TAR DNA Binding Protein 43 kDa (TDP …

Stress granule subtypes: an emerging link to neurodegeneration

VM Advani, P Ivanov - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Stress Granules (SGs) are membraneless cytoplasmic RNA granules, which
contain translationally stalled mRNAs, associated translation initiation factors and multiple …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear import receptors directly bind to arginine-rich dipeptide repeat proteins and suppress their pathological interactions

S Hutten, S Usluer, B Bourgeois, F Simonetti, HM Odeh… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Nuclear import receptors, also called importins, mediate nuclear import of proteins and
chaperone aggregation-prone cargoes (eg, neurodegeneration-linked RNA-binding …

Cell‐to‐cell transmission of C9orf72 poly‐(Gly‐Ala) triggers key features of ALS/FTD

B Khosravi, KD LaClair, H Riemenschneider… - The EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
The C9orf72 repeat expansion causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal
dementia, but the poor correlation between C9orf72‐specific pathology and TDP‐43 …

[HTML][HTML] Traffic jam at the nuclear pore: All roads lead to nucleocytoplasmic transport defects in ALS/FTD

C Fallini, B Khalil, CL Smith, W Rossoll - Neurobiology of disease, 2020 - Elsevier
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal late-onset neurodegenerative disease that
specifically affects the function and survival of spinal and cortical motor neurons. ALS shares …

Nucleocytoplasmic transport defects in neurodegeneration—Cause or consequence?

S Hutten, D Dormann - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Defects in nucleocytoplasmic transport have been associated with several
neurodegenerative disorders and, in particular, the formation of pathological protein …

[HTML][HTML] Chimeric peptide species contribute to divergent dipeptide repeat pathology in c9ALS/FTD and SCA36

ZT McEachin, TF Gendron, N Raj, M García-Murias… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansions (HREs) in C9orf72 cause amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and lead to the production of …

The role of DNA damage response in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Y Sun, AJ Curle, AM Haider, G Balmus - Essays in Biochemistry, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a rapidly disabling and fatal neurodegenerative
disease. Due to insufficient disease-modifying treatments, there is an unmet and urgent …

[HTML][HTML] Nucleo–cytoplasmic transport defects and protein aggregates in neurodegeneration

G Bitetto, A Di Fonzo - Translational neurodegeneration, 2020 - Springer
In the ongoing process of uncovering molecular abnormalities in neurodegenerative
diseases characterized by toxic protein aggregates, nucleo-cytoplasmic transport defects …

[HTML][HTML] Implications of selective autophagy dysfunction for ALS pathology

E Vicencio, S Beltrán, L Labrador, P Manque, M Nassif… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a lethal neurodegenerative disorder that progressively
affects motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Due to the biological complexity of the …