Caspase‐3: structure, function, and biotechnological aspects

M Asadi, S Taghizadeh, E Kaviani… - Biotechnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Caspase‐3, a cysteine‐aspartic acid protease, has recently attracted much
attention because of its incredible roles in tissue differentiation, regeneration, and neural …

Calpain research for drug discovery: challenges and potential

Y Ono, TC Saido, H Sorimachi - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2016 - nature.com
Calpains are a family of proteases that were scientifically recognized earlier than
proteasomes and caspases, but remain enigmatic. However, they are known to participate in …

[HTML][HTML] The role of calpains in skeletal muscle remodeling with exercise and inactivity-induced atrophy

HW Hyatt, SK Powers - International Journal of Sports …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Calpains are cysteine proteases expressed in skeletal muscle fibers and other cells.
Although calpain was first reported to act as a kinase activating factor in skeletal muscle, the …

[HTML][HTML] CD44 mediates shear stress mechanotransduction in an in vitro blood-brain barrier model through small GTPases RhoA and Rac1

BJ DeOre, PP Partyka, F Fan… - FASEB journal: official …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Fluid shear stress is an important mediator of vascular permeability, yet the molecular
mechanisms underlying the effect of shear on the blood-brain barrier (BBB) have yet to be …

Subcortical cytoskeleton periodicity throughout the nervous system

E D'Este, D Kamin, C Velte, F Göttfert, M Simons… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Superresolution fluorescence microscopy recently revealed a~ 190 nm periodic
cytoskeleton lattice consisting of actin, spectrin and other proteins underneath the …

Sex-based differences of antioxidant enzyme nanoparticle effects following traumatic brain injury

AW Tarudji, HA Miller, ET Curtis, CL Porter… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
Following traumatic brain injury (TBI), reactive oxygen species (ROS) are released in
excess, causing oxidative stress, carbonyl stress, and cell death, which induce the additional …

Distinct translatome changes in specific neural populations precede electroencephalographic changes in prion-infected mice

L Kaczmarczyk, M Schleif, L Dittrich, RH Williams… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Selective vulnerability is an enigmatic feature of neurodegenerative diseases (NDs),
whereby a widely expressed protein causes lesions in specific cell types and brain regions …

Time courses of post-injury mitochondrial oxidative damage and respiratory dysfunction and neuronal cytoskeletal degradation in a rat model of focal traumatic brain …

RL Hill, IN Singh, JA Wang, ED Hall - Neurochemistry international, 2017 - Elsevier
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in rapid reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and
oxidative damage to essential brain cellular components leading to neuronal dysfunction …

Inhibition of NMDA receptors prevents the loss of BDNF function induced by amyloid β

SR Tanqueiro, RM Ramalho, TM Rodrigues… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) plays important functions in cell survival and
differentiation, neuronal outgrowth and plasticity. In Alzheimer's disease (AD), BDNF …

Calpains for dummies: What you need to know about the calpain family

S Spinozzi, S Albini, H Best, I Richard - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review was written in memory of our late friend, Dr. Hiroyuki Sorimachi, who, following
the steps of his mentor Koichi Suzuki, a pioneer in calpain research, has made tremendous …