A review on caspases: key regulators of biological activities and apoptosis

G Sahoo, D Samal, P Khandayataray… - Molecular neurobiology, 2023 - Springer
Caspases are proteolytic enzymes that belong to the cysteine protease family and play a
crucial role in homeostasis and programmed cell death. Caspases have been broadly …

Huntington's disease: mechanisms of pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies

M Jimenez-Sanchez, F Licitra… - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Huntington's disease is a late-onset neurodegenerative disease caused by a CAG
trinucleotide repeat in the gene encoding the huntingtin protein. Despite its well-defined …

Apoptosis and oxidative stress in neurodegenerative diseases

E Radi, P Formichi, C Battisti… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2014 - content.iospress.com
Neurodegenerative disorders affect almost 30 million individuals leading to disability and
death. These disorders are characterized by pathological changes in disease-specific areas …

Protein aggregation and neurodegenerative disease

CA Ross, MA Poirier - Nature medicine, 2004 - nature.com
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD),
Huntington's disease (HD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and prion diseases are …

Aberrant splicing of HTT generates the pathogenic exon 1 protein in Huntington disease

K Sathasivam, A Neueder, TA Gipson… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Huntington disease (HD) is a devastating, late-onset, inherited neurodegenerative disorder
that manifests with personality changes, movement disorders, and cognitive decline. It is …

Molecular mechanisms and potential therapeutical targets in Huntington's disease

C Zuccato, M Valenza, E Cattaneo - Physiological reviews, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG repeat
expansion in the gene encoding for huntingtin protein. A lot has been learned about this …

The roles of intracellular protein-degradation pathways in neurodegeneration

DC Rubinsztein - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Many late-onset neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease and
Huntington's disease, are associated with the formation of intracellular aggregates by toxic …

A decade of caspases

A Degterev, M Boyce, J Yuan - Oncogene, 2003 - nature.com
Caspases are a family of cysteine proteases that play important roles in regulating
apoptosis. A decade of research has generated a wealth of information on the signal …

Selective striatal neuronal loss in a YAC128 mouse model of Huntington disease

EJ Slow, J van Raamsdonk, D Rogers… - Human molecular …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
An expanded CAG repeat is the underlying genetic defect in Huntington disease, a disorder
characterized by motor, psychiatric and cognitive deficits and striatal atrophy associated with …

Early increase in extrasynaptic NMDA receptor signaling and expression contributes to phenotype onset in Huntington's disease mice

AJ Milnerwood, CM Gladding, MA Pouladi… - Neuron, 2010 - cell.com
N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) excitotoxicity is implicated in the pathogenesis of
Huntington's disease (HD), a late-onset neurodegenerative disorder. However, NMDARs …