A new kid in the folding funnel: Molecular chaperone activities of the BRICHOS domain

A Leppert, H Poska, M Landreh, A Abelein… - Protein …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The BRICHOS protein superfamily is a diverse group of proteins associated with a wide
variety of human diseases, including respiratory distress, COVID‐19, dementia, and cancer …

Extracellular chaperone networks and the export of J-domain proteins

JEA Braun - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - ASBMB
An extracellular network of molecular chaperones protects a diverse array of proteins that
reside in or pass through extracellular spaces. Proteins in the extracellular milieu face …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of cytoskeletal proteins as binding partners of Bri2 BRICHOS domain

M Shimozawa, H Tigro, H Biverstål… - Molecular and Cellular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Proteins must fold into three-dimensional structures to execute their biological functions.
Therefore, maintenance of protein homeostasis, proteostasis, including prevention of protein …

A novel c. 800G> C variant of the ITM2B gene in familial Korean dementia

JM Rhyu, J Park, BS Shin, YE Kim… - Journal of …, 2023 - content.iospress.com
Mutations in ITM2B have been reported to be associated with several familial dementias,
such as Familial British dementia and familial Danish dementia. These are autosomal …

Exploratory mass spectrometry of cerebrospinal fluid from persons with autopsy-confirmed LATE-NC

J Gal, C Vary, CA Gartner, GA Jicha, EL Abner… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Common neuropathologies associated with dementia include Alzheimer's disease
neuropathologic change (ADNC) and limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 …

[HTML][HTML] Signal peptide peptidase-like 2b modulates the amyloidogenic pathway and exhibits an Aβ-dependent expression in Alzheimer's disease

R Maccioni, C Travisan, J Badman, S Zerial… - Progress in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial disorder driven by abnormal amyloid β-peptide
(Aβ) levels. In this study, we investigated the role of presenilin-like signal peptide peptidase …

Disrupted hypothalamic transcriptomics and proteomics in a mouse model of type 2 diabetes exposed to recurrent hypoglycaemia

J Castillo-Armengol, F Marzetta… - Diabetologia, 2024 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Repeated exposures to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia in people with
diabetes progressively impairs the counterregulatory response (CRR) that restores …

Emerging Pro-neurogenic Therapeutic Strategies for Neurodegenerative Diseases: A Review of Pre-clinical and Clinical Research

M Vassal, F Martins, B Monteiro, S Tambaro… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
The neuroscience community has largely accepted the notion that functional neurons can be
generated from neural stem cells in the adult brain, especially in two brain regions: the …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the Role of British dementia protein-2 (Bri2) and its BRICHOS Domain in Neurodegenerative Disorders

W Ahmad, T Zhao, KF He, SZ Luo - Supramolecular Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Protein functionality hinges on precise three-dimensional structures, while molecular
chaperones orchestrate folding, proteome maintenance, and proteostasis. Recent attention …

Signal Peptide Peptidase-Like 2b affects APP cleavage and exhibits a biphasic Aβ-mediated expression in Alzheimer's disease

R Maccioni, C Travisan, S Zerial, A Wagener… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial disorder driven by abnormal amyloid β-peptide
(Aβ) levels. To identify new druggable pathways involved in the Aβ cascade we here …