c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling: recent advances and challenges

MA Bogoyevitch, KRW Ngoei, TT Zhao… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2010 - Elsevier
c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs), first characterized as stress-activated members of the
mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) family, have become a focus of inhibitor screening …

Role of the JNK pathway in human diseases

K Sabapathy - Progress in molecular biology and translational …, 2012 - Elsevier
The c-Jun-NH 2-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway plays a critical role in regulating
cell fate, being implicated in a multitude of diseases ranging from cancer to neurological and …

Apoptosis in animal models of virus-induced disease

P Clarke, KL Tyler - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2009 - nature.com
Apoptosis is associated with virus-induced human diseases of the central nervous system,
heart and liver, and causes substantial morbidity and mortality. Although virus-induced …

JNK regulates APP cleavage and degradation in a model of Alzheimer's disease

A Colombo, A Bastone, C Ploia, A Sclip… - Neurobiology of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Secretion of Amyloid-beta peptide (Aβ) circulating oligomers and their aggregate forms
derived by processing of beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) are a key event in …

Inhibitors of c-Jun N-terminal kinases—JuNK no more?

MA Bogoyevitch, PG Arthur - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins …, 2008 - Elsevier
The c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) have been the subject of intense interest since their
discovery in the early 1990s. Major research programs have been directed to the screening …

Reovirus activates a caspase-independent cell death pathway

AK Berger, P Danthi - MBio, 2013 - Am Soc Microbiol
Virus-induced apoptosis is thought to be the primary mechanism of cell death following
reovirus infection. Induction of cell death following reovirus infection is initiated by the …

JNK3 as a therapeutic target for neurodegenerative diseases

X Antoniou, M Falconi, D Di Marino… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2011 - content.iospress.com
Abstract c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs) and in particular JNK3 the neuronal specific
isoform, have been recognized as important enzymes in the pathology of diverse …

Reovirus apoptosis and virulence are regulated by host cell membrane penetration efficiency

P Danthi, T Kobayashi, GH Holm… - Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Apoptosis plays an important role in the pathogenesis of reovirus encephalitis and
myocarditis in infected animals. Differences in apoptosis efficiency displayed by reovirus …

Exposure to the viral by-product dsRNA or Coxsackievirus B5 triggers pancreatic beta cell apoptosis via a Bim/Mcl-1 imbalance

ML Colli, TC Nogueira, F Allagnat, DA Cunha… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The rise in type 1 diabetes (T1D) incidence in recent decades is probably related to
modifications in environmental factors. Viruses are among the putative environmental …

Independent regulation of reovirus membrane penetration and apoptosis by the μ1 φ domain

P Danthi, CM Coffey, JSL Parker, TW Abel… - PLoS …, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Apoptosis plays an important role in the pathogenesis of reovirus encephalitis. Reovirus
outer-capsid protein μ1, which functions to penetrate host cell membranes during viral entry …