Role of the mitochondrial protein import machinery and protein processing in heart disease

F Zhao, MH Zou - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondria are essential organelles for cellular energy production, metabolic
homeostasis, calcium homeostasis, cell proliferation, and apoptosis. About 99% of …

Alpha crystallins in the retinal pigment epithelium and implications for the pathogenesis and treatment of age-related macular degeneration

R Kannan, PG Sreekumar, DR Hinton - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background αA-and αB crystallins are principal members of the small heat shock protein
family and elicit both a cell protective function and a chaperone function. α-Crystallins have …

Role of α-crystallin B as a regulatory switch in modulating cardiomyocyte apoptosis by mitochondria or endoplasmic reticulum during cardiac hypertrophy and …

A Mitra, T Basak, K Datta, S Naskar, S Sengupta… - Cell death & …, 2013 - nature.com
Cardiac hypertrophy and myocardial infarction (MI) are two major causes of heart failure with
different etiologies. However, the molecular mechanisms associated with these two …

[HTML][HTML] Senolysis induced by 25-hydroxycholesterol targets CRYAB in multiple cell types

C Limbad, R Doi, J McGirr, S Ciotlos, K Perez… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
Cellular senescence is a driver of many age-related pathologies. There is an active search
for pharmaceuticals termed senolytics that can mitigate or remove senescent cells in vivo by …

Hypoxia-induced changes in the fibroblast secretome, exosome, and whole-cell proteome using cultured, cardiac-derived cells isolated from neonatal mice

J Cosme, H Guo, S Hadipour-Lakmehsari… - Journal of proteome …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Cardiac fibroblasts (CFs) represent a major subpopulation of cells in the developing and
adult heart. Cardiomyocyte (CM) and CF intercellular communication occurs through …

miR‐181a and miR‐150 regulate dendritic cell immune inflammatory responses and cardiomyocyte apoptosis via targeting JAK1–STAT1/c‐Fos pathway

J Zhu, K Yao, J Guo, H Shi, L Ma… - Journal of cellular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The immune inflammatory response plays a crucial role in many cardiac pathophysiological
processes, including ischaemic cardiac injury and the post‐infarction repair process. Micro …

Alpha B-crystallin in muscle disease prevention: the role of physical activity

I Dimauro, D Caporossi - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
HSPB5 or alpha B-crystallin (CRYAB), originally identified as lens protein, is one of the most
widespread and represented of the human small heat shock proteins (sHSPs). It is greatly …

Cell biological roles of αB-crystallin

WC Boelens - Progress in biophysics and molecular biology, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract αB-crystallin, also called HspB5, is a molecular chaperone able to interact with
unfolding proteins. By interacting, it inhibits further unfolding, thereby preventing protein …

Desmin and its molecular chaperone, the αB-crystallin: How post-translational modifications modulate their functions in heart and skeletal muscles?

C Claeyssen, N Bulangalire, B Bastide, O Agbulut… - Biochimie, 2023 - Elsevier
Maintenance of the highly organized striated muscle tissue requires a cell-wide dynamic
network through protein-protein interactions providing an effective mechanochemical …

BYD ameliorates oxidative stress-induced myocardial apoptosis in heart failure post-acute myocardial infarction via the P38 MAPK-CRYAB signaling pathway

Y Zhang, C Li, H Meng, D Guo, Q Zhang, W Lu… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Aim: Heart failure (HF) post-acute myocardial infarction (AMI) contributes to increasing
mortality and morbidity worldwide. Baoyuan decoction (BYD) is a well-known traditional …