Ubiquitin signalling in neurodegeneration: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

MF Schmidt, ZY Gan, D Komander… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are characterised by progressive damage to the nervous
system including the selective loss of vulnerable populations of neurons leading to motor …

[HTML][HTML] Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal (Ashwagandha): A comprehensive review on ethnopharmacology, pharmacotherapeutics, biomedicinal and toxicological …

S Paul, S Chakraborty, U Anand, S Dey… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal (Solanaceae) has been used as a traditional
Rasayana herb for a long time. Traditional uses of this plant indicate its ameliorative …

[HTML][HTML] X-linked ubiquitin-specific peptidase 11 increases tauopathy vulnerability in women

Y Yan, X Wang, D Chaput, MK Shin, Y Koh, L Gan… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Although women experience significantly higher tau burden and increased risk for
Alzheimer's disease (AD) than men, the underlying mechanism for this vulnerability has not …

A Parkinson's disease Circ RNA s resource reveals a link between circ SLC 8A1 and oxidative stress

M Hanan, A Simchovitz, N Yayon… - EMBO molecular …, 2020 - embopress.org
Circular RNA s (circ RNA s) are brain‐abundant RNA s of mostly unknown functions. To
seek their roles in Parkinson's disease (PD), we generated an RNA sequencing resource of …

Extracellular vesicle biomarkers for cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease

J Blommer, T Pitcher, M Mustapic, E Eren, PJ Yao… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Besides motor symptoms, many individuals with Parkinson's disease develop cognitive
impairment perhaps due to coexisting α-synuclein and Alzheimer's disease pathologies and …

[HTML][HTML] Role of apoptosis in disease

B Favaloro, N Allocati, V Graziano, C Di Ilio… - Aging (Albany …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Since the initial description of apoptosis, a number of different forms of cell death have been
described. In this review we will focus on classic caspase-dependent apoptosis and its …

Sex differences in movement disorders

S Meoni, A Macerollo, E Moro - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
In a range of neurological conditions, including movement disorders, sex-related differences
are emerging not only in brain anatomy and function, but also in pathogenesis, clinical …

Laser capture microscopy coupled with Smart-seq2 for precise spatial transcriptomic profiling

S Nichterwitz, G Chen, J Aguila Benitez… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Laser capture microscopy (LCM) coupled with global transcriptome profiling could enable
precise analyses of cell populations without the need for tissue dissociation, but has so far …

Selective neuronal vulnerability to oxidative stress in the brain

X Wang, EK Michaelis - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2010 - frontiersin.org
Oxidative stress (OS), caused by the imbalance between the generation and detoxification of
reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS/RNS), plays an important role in brain aging …

PGC-1α, A Potential Therapeutic Target for Early Intervention in Parkinson's Disease

B Zheng, Z Liao, JJ Locascio, KA Lesniak… - Science translational …, 2010 - science.org
Parkinson's disease affects 5 million people worldwide, but the molecular mechanisms
underlying its pathogenesis are still unclear. Here, we report a genome-wide meta-analysis …