JNK signaling: regulation and functions based on complex protein-protein partnerships

A Zeke, M Misheva, A Reményi… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
The c-Jun N-terminal kinases (JNKs), as members of the mitogen-activated protein kinase
(MAPK) family, mediate eukaryotic cell responses to a wide range of abiotic and biotic stress …

Revisiting netrin-1: one who guides (axons)

NP Boyer, SL Gupton - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Proper patterning of the nervous system requires that developing axons find appropriate
postsynaptic partners; this entails microns to meters of extension through an extracellular …

Nuclear and cytosolic JNK signalling in neurons

ET Coffey - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2014 - nature.com
It has been over 20 years since JUN amino-terminal kinases (JNKs) were identified as
protein kinases that are strongly activated by cellular stress and that have a key role in …

Treadmill exercise exerts a synergistic effect with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes on neuronal apoptosis and synaptic-axonal remodeling

XH Jiang, HF Li, ML Chen, YX Zhang… - Neural Regeneration …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Treadmill exercise and mesenchymal stem cell transplantation are both practical and
effective methods for the treatment of cerebral ischemia. However, whether there is a …

JNK signaling pathway involvement in spinal cord neuron development and death

R Schellino, M Boido, A Vercelli - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
The c-Jun NH2-terminal protein kinase (JNK) is a Janus-faced kinase, which, in the nervous
system, plays important roles in a broad range of physiological and pathological processes …

Cell therapy centered on IL-1Ra is neuroprotective in experimental stroke

BH Clausen, KL Lambertsen, F Dagnæs-Hansen… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
Cell-based therapies are emerging as new promising treatments in stroke. However, their
functional mechanism and therapeutic potential during early infarct maturation has so far …

Recurrent deletions of ULK4 in schizophrenia: a gene crucial for neuritogenesis and neuronal motility

B Lang, J Pu, I Hunter, M Liu… - Journal of cell …, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
Although many pathogenic copy number variations (CNVs) are associated with
neuropsychiatric diseases, few of them have been functionally characterised. Here we report …

A subtle network mediating axon guidance: intrinsic dynamic structure of growth cone, attractive and repulsive molecular cues, and the intermediate role of signaling …

X Ye, Y Qiu, Y Gao, D Wan, H Zhu - Neural Plasticity, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A fundamental feature of both early nervous system development and axon regeneration is
the guidance of axonal projections to their targets in order to assemble neural circuits that …

Microtubule dynamics in axon guidance

G Liu, T Dwyer - Neuroscience bulletin, 2014 - Springer
Precise modulation of the cytoskeleton is involved in a variety of cellular processes including
cell division, migration, polarity, and adhesion. In developing post-mitotic neurons …

Netrin-1 promotes naive pluripotency through Neo1 and Unc5b co-regulation of Wnt and MAPK signalling

A Huyghe, G Furlan, D Ozmadenci, C Galonska… - Nature Cell …, 2020 - nature.com
In mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs), chemical blockade of Gsk3α/β and Mek1/2 (2i)
instructs a self-renewing ground state whose endogenous inducers are unknown. Here we …