Mitophagy in Alzheimer's disease and other age-related neurodegenerative diseases

Q Cai, YY Jeong - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mitochondrial dysfunction is a central aspect of aging and neurodegenerative diseases,
including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and …

Mitochondrial quality control in acute ischemic stroke

H An, B Zhou, X Ji - Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Mitochondria play a central role in the pathophysiological processes of acute ischemic
stroke. Disruption of the cerebral blood flow during acute ischemic stroke interrupts oxygen …

Parkin-mediated mitophagy in mutant hAPP neurons and Alzheimer's disease patient brains

X Ye, X Sun, V Starovoytov, Q Cai - Human molecular genetics, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Accumulation of dysfunctional mitochondria is one of the hallmarks in Alzheimer's disease
(AD). Mitophagy, a selective autophagy for eliminating damaged mitochondria, constitutes a …

Alterations in mitochondrial quality control in Alzheimer's disease

Q Cai, P Tammineni - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Mitochondrial dysfunction is one of the earliest and most prominent features in the brains of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Recent studies suggest that mitochondrial dysfunction …

The role of mitophagy in the regulation of mitochondrial energetic status in neurons

S Han, M Zhang, YY Jeong, DJ Margolis, Q Cai - Autophagy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Mitochondria are the main cellular energy powerhouses and supply most of the energy in
the form of ATP to fuel essential neuronal functions through oxidative phosphorylation …

Mitophagy regulates integrity of mitochondria at synapses and is critical for synaptic maintenance

S Han, YY Jeong, P Sheshadri, X Su, Q Cai - EMBO reports, 2020 - embopress.org
Synaptic mitochondria are particularly vulnerable to physiological insults, and defects in
synaptic mitochondria are linked to early pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Oxidative stress induces autophagy in response to multiple noxious stimuli in retinal ganglion cells

W Lin, H Kuang - Autophagy, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are the only afferent neurons that can transmit visual
information to the brain. The death of RGCs occurs in the early stages of glaucoma, diabetic …

Neuronal mitophagy: friend or foe?

C Doxaki, K Palikaras - Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Maintenance of neuronal homeostasis is a challenging task, due to unique cellular
organization and bioenergetic demands of post-mitotic neurons. It is increasingly …

NH2-truncated human tau induces deregulated mitophagy in neurons by aberrant recruitment of Parkin and UCHL-1: implications in Alzheimer's disease

V Corsetti, F Florenzano, A Atlante… - Human molecular …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Disarrangement in functions and quality control of mitochondria at synapses are early
events in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathobiology. We reported that a 20–22 kDa NH2-tau …

Mitochondrial quality control: a pathophysiological mechanism and therapeutic target for stroke

M Yang, Y He, S Deng, L Xiao, M Tian, Y Xin… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Stroke is a devastating disease with high mortality and disability rates. Previous research
has established that mitochondria, as major regulators, are both influenced by stroke, and …