Mechanisms of manganese-induced neurotoxicity and the pursuit of neurotherapeutic strategies

E Pajarillo, I Nyarko-Danquah, A Digman… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Chronic exposure to elevated levels of manganese via occupational or environmental
settings causes a neurological disorder known as manganism, resembling the symptoms of …

Retrotransposon-induced mosaicism in the neural genome

GO Bodea, EGZ McKelvey, GJ Faulkner - Open Biology, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Over the past decade, major discoveries in retrotransposon biology have depicted the
neural genome as a dynamic structure during life. In particular, the retrotransposon LINE-1 …

Activity-dependent local translation of matrix metalloproteinase-9

M Dziembowska, J Milek, A Janusz… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Local, synaptic synthesis of new proteins in response to neuronal stimulation plays a key
role in the regulation of synaptic morphogenesis. Recent studies indicate that matrix …

Local melatonin regulates inflammation resolution: a common factor in neurodegenerative, psychiatric and systemic inflammatory disorders

G Anderson, M Maes - … (Formerly Current Drug Targets-CNS & …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
In many psychiatric, neurodegenerative and systemic inflammatory disorders circadian
melatonin is decreased whilst melatonin enzymes and melatonin receptors are genetic …

Ying Yang 1 engagement in brain pathology

S Pabian‐Jewuła, A Bragiel‐Pieczonka… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we discuss data concerning the involvement of transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (YY1)
in the development of brain diseases, highlighting mechanisms of its pathological actions …

The MeCP2/YY1 interaction regulates ANT1 expression at 4q35: novel hints for Rett syndrome pathogenesis

G Forlani, E Giarda, U Ala, F Di Cunto… - Human molecular …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Rett syndrome is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder mainly caused by mutations in the
transcriptional regulator MeCP2. Although there is no effective therapy for Rett syndrome …

Yin Yang 1 is critical for mid-hindbrain neuroepithelium development and involved in cerebellar agenesis

X Dong, KM Kwan - Molecular Brain, 2020 - Springer
The highly conserved and ubiquitously expressed transcription factor Yin Yang 1 (Yy1), was
named after its dual functions of both activating and repressing gene transcription. Yy1 plays …

Extracellular proteases in epilepsy

K Lukasiuk, GM Wilczynski, L Kaczmarek - Epilepsy research, 2011 - Elsevier
During the last decade, multiple data have been obtained, pointing to an involvement of
extracellular, including extrasynaptic, proteolysis in epilepsy pathogenesis. The most …

YY1 binds to α-synuclein 3′-flanking region SNP and stimulates antisense noncoding RNA expression

I Mizuta, K Takafuji, Y Ando, W Satake… - Journal of human …, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract α-synuclein (SNCA) is an established susceptibility gene for Parkinson's disease
(PD), one of the most common human neurodegenerative disorders. Increased SNCA is …

Crosstalk between Dopamine D2 receptors and cannabinoid CB1 receptors regulates CNR1 promoter activity via ERK1/2 signaling

YC Chiang, YN Lo, JC Chen - Journal of neurochemistry, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Previously, we found that chronic methamphetamine treatment altered cannabinoid type 1
receptor (CB1R)‐dependent cAMP/PKA/dopamine and cAMP‐regulated phosphoprotein of …