Mitochondrial dysfunction and mitophagy in Parkinson's disease: from mechanism to therapy

AB Malpartida, M Williamson, DP Narendra… - Trends in biochemical …, 2021 - cell.com
Mitochondrial dysfunction has been associated with neurodegeneration in Parkinson's
disease (PD) for over 30 years. Despite this, the role of mitochondrial dysfunction as an …

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 …

SARS-CoV-2-mediated dysregulation of metabolism and autophagy uncovers host-targeting antivirals

NC Gassen, J Papies, T Bajaj, J Emanuel… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Viruses manipulate cellular metabolism and macromolecule recycling processes like
autophagy. Dysregulated metabolism might lead to excessive inflammatory and …

Mitochondrial dynamics and mitophagy in skeletal muscle health and aging

JP Leduc-Gaudet, SNA Hussain, E Barreiro… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The maintenance of mitochondrial integrity is critical for muscle health. Mitochondria,
indeed, play vital roles in a wide range of cellular processes, including energy supply, Ca2+ …

The RING finger protein family in health and disease

C Cai, YD Tang, J Zhai, C Zheng - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2022 - nature.com
Ubiquitination is a highly conserved and fundamental posttranslational modification (PTM) in
all eukaryotes regulating thousands of proteins. The RING (really interesting new gene) …

Targeting mitophagy in Parkinson's disease

EH Clark, AV de la Torre, T Hoshikawa… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
The genetics and pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease (PD) strongly implicate
mitochondria in disease aetiology. Elegant studies over the last two decades have …

Animal models of neurodegenerative disease: Recent advances in fly highlight innovative approaches to drug discovery

JA Tello, HE Williams, RM Eppler… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases represent a formidable challenge to global health. As
advances in other areas of medicine grant healthy living into later decades of life, aging …

PINK1/Parkin Pathway Activation for Mitochondrial Quality Control–Which Is the Best Molecular Target for Therapy?

LF Silvian - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
There has been long-term interest in drugging the PINK1-Parkin pathway with therapeutics
as a treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD). Despite significant structural data on Parkin as …

Relevance of autophagy and mitophagy dynamics and markers in neurodegenerative diseases

C Giorgi, E Bouhamida, A Danese, M Previati, P Pinton… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
During the past few decades, considerable efforts have been made to discover and validate
new molecular mechanisms and biomarkers of neurodegenerative diseases. Recent …

Therapeutic targeting of mitophagy in Parkinson's disease

S Masaldan, S Callegari… - Biochemical Society …, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by cardinal motor
symptoms and a diverse range of non-motor disorders in patients. Parkinson's disease is the …