USP7-a crucial regulator of cancer hallmarks

G Saha, S Roy, M Basu, MK Ghosh - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the course of three decades of study, the deubiquitinase Herpesvirus associated
Ubiquitin-Specific Protease/Ubiquitin-Specific Protease 7 (HAUSP/USP7) has gradually …

A survey of protein interactions and posttranslational modifications that influence the polyglutamine diseases

SL Johnson, WL Tsou, MV Prifti, AL Harris… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The presence and aggregation of misfolded proteins has deleterious effects in the nervous
system. Among the various diseases caused by misfolded proteins is the family of the …

Neuroinflammation inhibition by small-molecule targeting USP7 noncatalytic domain for neurodegenerative disease therapy

XW Zhang, N Feng, YC Liu, Q Guo, JK Wang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Neuroinflammation is a fundamental contributor to progressive neuronal damage, which
arouses a heightened interest in neurodegenerative disease therapy. Ubiquitin-specific …

Neuromuscular junction pathology is correlated with differential motor unit vulnerability in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

E Molotsky, Y Liu, AP Lieberman, DE Merry - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2022 - Springer
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an X-linked, neuromuscular
neurodegenerative disease for which there is no cure. The disease is characterized by a …

The emerging roles of E3 ligases and DUBs in neurodegenerative diseases

N Liu, MM Lin, Y Wang - Molecular Neurobiology, 2023 - Springer
Despite annual increases in the incidence and prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases,
there is a lack of effective treatment strategies. An increasing number of E3 ubiquitin ligases …

Ubiquitin-modifying enzymes in Huntington's disease

KA Sap, KW Geijtenbeek, S Schipper-Krom… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG repeat
expansion in the N-terminus of the HTT gene. The CAG repeat expansion translates into a …

The role of ubiquitination in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy

M Sengupta, A Pluciennik, DE Merry - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a neurodegenerative and neuromuscular
genetic disease caused by the expansion of a polyglutamine-encoding CAG tract in the …

[HTML][HTML] E3 ligases and DUBs target ferroptosis: A potential therapeutic strategy for neurodegenerative diseases

L Lu, C Jifu, J Xia, J Wang - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2024 - Elsevier
Ferroptosis is a form of cell death mediated by iron and lipid peroxidation (LPO). Recent
studies have provided compelling evidence to support the involvement of ferroptosis in the …

Mutant androgen receptor induces neurite loss and senescence independently of ARE binding in a neuronal model of SBMA

J Karliner, Y Liu, DE Merry - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2024 - pnas.org
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a slowly progressing neuromuscular disease
caused by a polyglutamine (polyQ)-encoding CAG trinucleotide repeat expansion in the …

Androgen receptor post-translational modifications and their implications for pathology

I Montoya-Novoa… - Biochemical Society …, 2024 - portlandpress.com
A major mechanism to modulate the biological activities of the androgen receptor (AR)
involves a growing number of post-translational modifications (PTMs). In this review we …