[HTML][HTML] The role of mitochondria in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

EF Smith, PJ Shaw, KJ De Vos - Neuroscience letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Mitochondria are unique organelles that are essential for a variety of cellular processes
including energy metabolism, calcium homeostasis, lipid biosynthesis, and apoptosis …

Converging mechanisms in ALS and FTD: disrupted RNA and protein homeostasis

SC Ling, M Polymenidou, DW Cleveland - Neuron, 2013 - cell.com
Breakthrough discoveries identifying common genetic causes for amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) have transformed our view of these …

Protein aggregation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

AM Blokhuis, EJN Groen, M Koppers… - Acta …, 2013 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the
aggregation of ubiquitinated proteins in affected motor neurons. Recent studies have …

[HTML][HTML] TDP-43 proteinopathy and ALS: insights into disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets

EL Scotter, HJ Chen, CE Shaw - Neurotherapeutics, 2015 - Elsevier
Therapeutic options for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are currently
limited. However, recent studies show that almost all cases of ALS, as well as tau-negative …

[HTML][HTML] Neurobiology of axonal transport defects in motor neuron diseases: Opportunities for translational research?

KJ De Vos, M Hafezparast - Neurobiology of disease, 2017 - Elsevier
Intracellular trafficking of cargoes is an essential process to maintain the structure and
function of all mammalian cell types, but especially of neurons because of their extreme …

[HTML][HTML] Stress granule mediated protein aggregation and underlying gene defects in the FTD-ALS spectrum

Y Baradaran-Heravi, C Van Broeckhoven… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Stress granules (SGs) are dynamic membraneless compartments composed out of RNA-
binding proteins (RBPs) and RNA molecules that assemble temporarily to allow the cell to …

The pathobiology of TDP-43 C-terminal fragments in ALS and FTLD

BA Berning, AK Walker - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
During neurodegenerative disease, the multifunctional RNA-binding protein TDP-43
undergoes a vast array of post-translational modifications, including phosphorylation …

Clinical perspective on oxidative stress in sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

E D'Amico, P Factor-Litvak, RM Santella… - Free radical biology and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is one of the most devastating neurological
diseases; most patients die within 3 to 4 years after symptom onset. Oxidative stress is a …

Alterations in stress granule dynamics driven by TDP-43 and FUS: a link to pathological inclusions in ALS?

A Aulas, C Vande Velde - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Stress granules (SGs) are RNA-containing cytoplasmic foci formed in response to stress
exposure. Since their discovery in 1999, over 120 proteins have been described to be …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: mechanisms and therapeutics in the epigenomic era

X Paez-Colasante, C Figueroa-Romero… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease of the motor
neurons, which results in weakness and atrophy of voluntary skeletal muscles. Treatments …