[HTML][HTML] SOD1, more than just an antioxidant

ECA Eleutherio, RSS Magalhães… - Archives of Biochemistry …, 2021 - Elsevier
During cellular respiration, radicals, such as superoxide, are produced, and in a large
concentration, they may cause cell damage. To combat this threat, the cell employs the …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid-liquid phase separation of TDP-43 and FUS in physiology and pathology of neurodegenerative diseases

JL Carey, L Guo - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Liquid-liquid phase separation of RNA-binding proteins mediates the formation of numerous
membraneless organelles with essential cellular function. However, aberrant phase …

[HTML][HTML] Circular RNA circRHOBTB3 represses metastasis by regulating the HuR-mediated mRNA stability of PTBP1 in colorectal cancer

J Chen, Y Wu, X Luo, D Jin, W Zhou, Z Ju, D Wang… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Tumor metastasis of colorectal cancer (CRC) is the main cause of death in
most patients and the major difficulty in comprehensive CRC treatment. Circular RNAs …

[PDF][PDF] Nuclear import receptor inhibits phase separation of FUS through binding to multiple sites

T Yoshizawa, R Ali, J Jiou, HYJ Fung, KA Burke… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is believed to underlie formation of biomolecular
condensates, cellular compartments that concentrate macromolecules without surrounding …

TDP-43 and FUS/TLS: emerging roles in RNA processing and neurodegeneration

C Lagier-Tourenne, M Polymenidou… - Human molecular …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) are
neurodegenerative diseases with clinical and pathological overlap. Landmark discoveries of …

The role of FUS gene variants in neurodegenerative diseases

H Deng, K Gao, J Jankovic - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2014 - nature.com
The neurodegenerative diseases are a diverse group of disorders characterized by
progressive loss of specific groups of neurons. These diseases affect different populations …

[HTML][HTML] RNA dysregulation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Z Butti, SA Patten - Frontiers in genetics, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common adult-onset motor neuron disease
and is characterized by the degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons. It has become …

[PDF][PDF] RNA seeds higher-order assembly of FUS protein

JC Schwartz, X Wang, ER Podell, TR Cech - Cell reports, 2013 - cell.com
The abundant nuclear RNA binding protein FUS binds the C-terminal domain (CTD) of RNA
polymerase II in an RNA-dependent manner, affecting Ser2 phosphorylation and …

The neurogenetics of alternative splicing

CK Vuong, DL Black, S Zheng - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
Alternative precursor-mRNA splicing is a key mechanism for regulating gene expression in
mammals and is controlled by specialized RNA-binding proteins. The misregulation of …

[HTML][HTML] Prion-like propagation of protein misfolding and aggregation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

L McAlary, SS Plotkin, JJ Yerbury… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The discovery that prion protein can misfold into a pathological conformation that encodes
structural information capable of both propagation and inducing severe neuropathology has …