Autophagy and ALS: mechanistic insights and therapeutic implications

JP Chua, H De Calbiac, E Kabashi, SJ Barmada - Autophagy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Mechanisms of protein homeostasis are crucial for overseeing the clearance of misfolded
and toxic proteins over the lifetime of an organism, thereby ensuring the health of neurons …

The role of autophagy in skeletal muscle diseases

Q Xia, X Huang, J Huang, Y Zheng, ME March… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Skeletal muscle is the most abundant type of tissue in human body, being involved in
diverse activities and maintaining a finely tuned metabolic balance. Autophagy …

Targeting autophagy using metallic nanoparticles: A promising strategy for cancer treatment

M Cordani, Á Somoza - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2019 - Springer
Despite the extensive genetic and phenotypic variations present in the different tumors, they
frequently share common metabolic alterations, such as autophagy. Autophagy is a self …

Immune-mediated pathology in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

AS Rosenberg, M Puig, K Nagaraju… - Science translational …, 2015 - science.org
Immunological and inflammatory processes downstream of dystrophin deficiency as well as
metabolic abnormalities, defective autophagy, and loss of regenerative capacity all …

Autophagy in muscle regeneration: potential therapies for myopathies

W Chen, Y Chen, Y Liu, X Wang - Journal of Cachexia …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Autophagy classically functions as a physiological process to degrade cytoplasmic
components, protein aggregates, and/or organelles, as a mechanism for nutrient …

The dystrophin glycoprotein complex regulates the epigenetic activation of muscle stem cell commitment

NC Chang, MC Sincennes, FP Chevalier, CE Brun… - Cell Stem Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Asymmetrically dividing muscle stem cells in skeletal muscle give rise to committed cells,
where the myogenic determination factor Myf5 is transcriptionally activated by Pax7. This …

Autophagy regulates satellite cell ability to regenerate normal and dystrophic muscles

E Fiacco, F Castagnetti, V Bianconi, L Madaro… - Cell Death & …, 2016 - nature.com
Autophagy is emerging as a key regulatory process during skeletal muscle development,
regeneration and homeostasis, and deregulated autophagy has been implicated in …

Nanotechnology inspired tools for mitochondrial dysfunction related diseases

R Wen, B Banik, RK Pathak, A Kumar… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2016 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial dysfunctions are recognized as major factors for various diseases including
cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, neurological disorders, and a group of diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Resveratrol, a SIRT1 activator, attenuates aging-associated alterations in skeletal muscle and heart in mice

R Hosoda, R Nakashima, M Yano, N Iwahara… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aging is associated with impairment of multiple organs, including skeletal muscle and heart.
In this study, we investigated whether resveratrol, an activator of an NAD+-dependent …

Fibrosis development in early-onset muscular dystrophies: Mechanisms and translational implications

AL Serrano, P Munoz-Canoves - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is one of the most devastating neuromuscular genetic
diseases caused by the absence of dystrophin. The continuous episodes of muscle …