Calcium homeostasis and organelle function in the pathogenesis of obesity and diabetes

AP Arruda, GS Hotamisligil - Cell metabolism, 2015 - cell.com
A number of chronic metabolic pathologies, including obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular
disease, asthma, and cancer, cluster together to present the greatest threat to human health …

Intracellular Ca2+ Signalling in the Pathogenesis of Acute Pancreatitis: Recent Advances and Translational Perspectives

P Pallagi, T Madácsy, Á Varga, J Maléth - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Intracellular Ca2+ signalling is a major signal transductional pathway in non-excitable cells,
responsible for the regulation of a variety of physiological functions. In the secretory …

Bipolar disorder-iPSC derived neural progenitor cells exhibit dysregulation of store-operated Ca2+ entry and accelerated differentiation

T Hewitt, B Alural, M Tilak, J Wang, N Becke… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
While most of the efforts to uncover mechanisms contributing to bipolar disorder (BD)
focused on phenotypes at the mature neuron stage, little research has considered events …

Orai1-mediated antimicrobial secretion from pancreatic acini shapes the gut microbiome and regulates gut innate immunity

M Ahuja, DM Schwartz, M Tandon, A Son, M Zeng… - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
The gut microbiome participates in numerous physiologic functions and communicates
intimately with the host immune system. Antimicrobial peptides are critical components of …

Multivesicular body formation enhancement and exosome release during endoplasmic reticulum stress

S Kanemoto, R Nitani, T Murakami, M Kaneko… - Biochemical and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) plays a pivotal role in maintaining cellular homeostasis.
However, numerous environmental and genetic factors give rise to ER stress by inducing an …

Molecular mechanisms of STIM/Orai communication

I Derler, I Jardin, C Romanin - American Journal of …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Ca2+ entry into the cell via store-operated Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels
triggers diverse signaling cascades that affect cellular processes like cell growth, gene …

Bcl-2 proteins and calcium signaling: complexity beneath the surface

T Vervliet, JB Parys, G Bultynck - Oncogene, 2016 - nature.com
Antiapoptotic Bcl-2-family members are well known for their 'mitochondrial'functions as
critical neutralizers of proapoptotic Bcl-2-family members, including the executioner …

Activation mechanisms and structural dynamics of STIM proteins

M Sallinger, H Grabmayr, C Humer… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The family of stromal interaction molecules (STIM) includes two widely expressed single‐
pass endoplasmic reticulum (ER) transmembrane proteins and additional splice variants …

Cholesterol modulates Orai1 channel function

I Derler, I Jardin, PB Stathopulos, M Muik, M Fahrner… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
STIM1 (stromal interaction molecule 1) and Orai proteins are the essential components of
Ca2+ release–activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels. We focused on the role of cholesterol in …

CRAC and SK channels: their molecular mechanisms associated with cancer cell development

A Tiffner, V Hopl, I Derler - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cell fate is ultimately determined by the precisely coordinated action of the
Ca2+-signaling machinery. During carcinogenesis, Ca2+ signaling is significantly …