The integral role of RNA in stress granule formation and function

D Campos-Melo, ZCE Hawley… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Stress granules (SGs) are phase-separated, membraneless, cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein
(RNP) assemblies whose primary function is to promote cell survival by condensing …

Immunity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Blurred lines between excessive inflammation and inefficient immune responses

LC Béland, A Markovinovic, H Jakovac… - Brain …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Despite wide genetic, environmental and clinical heterogeneity in amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis, a rapidly fatal neurodegenerative disease targeting motoneurons …

Microbial infections are a risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases

SK Lotz, BM Blackhurst, KL Reagin… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, comprise a family of disorders characterized by progressive …

Dysregulation of RNA-binding proteins in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

YC Xue, CS Ng, P Xiang, H Liu, K Zhang… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Genetic analyses of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) have revealed a strong
association between mutations in genes encoding many RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) …

[HTML][HTML] ALS-linked cytoplasmic FUS assemblies are compositionally different from physiological stress granules and sequester hnRNPA3, a novel modifier of FUS …

H An, G Litscher, N Watanabe, W Wei… - Neurobiology of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Formation of cytoplasmic RNA-protein structures called stress granules (SGs) is a highly
conserved cellular response to stress. Abnormal metabolism of SGs may contribute to the …

The complexity of the cGAS-STING pathway in CNS pathologies

AL Fryer, A Abdullah, JM Taylor, PJ Crack - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neuroinflammation driven by type-I interferons in the CNS is well established to exacerbate
the progression of many CNS pathologies both acute and chronic. The role of adaptor …

Zinc and copper ions differentially regulate prion-like phase separation dynamics of pan-virus nucleocapsid biomolecular condensates

A Monette, AJ Mouland - Viruses, 2020 - mdpi.com
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) is a rapidly growing research focus due to numerous
demonstrations that many cellular proteins phase-separate to form biomolecular …

Neurotropic virus infection and neurodegenerative diseases: Potential roles of autophagy pathway

Y Zhao, K Xu, F Shu, F Zhang - CNS Neuroscience & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) constitute a group of disorders characterized by the
progressive deterioration of nervous system functionality. Currently, the precise etiological …

The role and therapeutic potential of the integrated stress response in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

E Marlin, C Viu-Idocin, M Arrasate… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, loss of cellular homeostasis within cortical
and spinal cord motor neurons triggers the activation of the integrated stress response (ISR) …

Early activation of cellular stress and death pathways caused by cytoplasmic TDP-43 in the rNLS8 mouse model of ALS and FTD

W Luan, AL Wright, H Brown-Wright, S Le… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract TAR DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-43) pathology is a key feature of over 95% of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and nearly half of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) cases …