Secretory products of the human GI tract microbiome and their potential impact on Alzheimer's disease (AD): detection of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in AD hippocampus

Y Zhao, V Jaber, WJ Lukiw - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Although the potential contribution of the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract microbiome to
human health, aging, and disease is becoming increasingly acknowledged, the molecular …

Inhibition of caspase 3 and caspase 9 mediated apoptosis: a multimodal therapeutic target in traumatic brain injury

A Unnisa, NH Greig, MA Kamal - Current neuropharmacology, 2023 - benthamdirect.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is one of the significant causes of death and morbidity, and it is
hence a focus of translational research. Apoptosis plays an essential part in the …

[HTML][HTML] Caspase control: protagonists of cancer cell apoptosis

MV Fiandalo, N Kyprianou - Experimental oncology, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Emergence of castration-resistant metastatic prostate cancer is due to activation of survival
pathways, including apoptosis suppression and anoikis resistance, and increased …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammatory mediators induced by amyloid-beta in the retina and RPE in vivo: implications for inflammasome activation in age-related macular degeneration

RT Liu, J Gao, S Cao, N Sandhu, JZ Cui… - … & visual science, 2013 - jov.arvojournals.org
Purpose.: Drusen are hallmarks of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Amyloid-beta 1-
40 (Aβ 1-40), a constituent of drusen, is known to stimulate inflammatory pathways in RPE; …

Non‐apoptotic functions of apoptosis‐regulatory proteins

L Galluzzi, O Kepp, C Trojel‐Hansen, G Kroemer - EMBO reports, 2012 - embopress.org
During the past two decades, apoptotic cell death has been the subject of an intense wave
of investigation, leading to the discovery of multiple gene products that govern both its …

[HTML][HTML] Insoluble vascular amyloid deposits trigger disruption of the neurovascular unit in Alzheimer's disease brains

LO Soto-Rojas, BB Campa-Córdoba… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease, characterized histopathologically
by intra-neuronal tau-related lesions and by the accumulation of amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) in …

Caspase-8 and caspase-9 functioned differently at different stages of the cyclic stretch-induced apoptosis in human periodontal ligament cells

Y Wu, D Zhao, J Zhuang, F Zhang, C Xu - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Background Human periodontal ligament (PDL) cells underwent apoptosis after mechanical
stretch loading. However, the exact signalling pathway remains unknown. This study aimed …

Emerging insights into noncanonical inflammasome recognition of microbes

AJ Russo, B Behl, I Banerjee, VAK Rathinam - Journal of molecular biology, 2018 - Elsevier
Inflammasomes are cytosolic multi-molecular complexes that sense intracellular microbial
danger signals and metabolic perturbations. Inflammasome activation leads to the activation …

Increased expression and activation of absent in melanoma 2 inflammasome components in lymphocytic infiltrates of abdominal aortic aneurysms

S Dihlmann, P Erhart, A Mehrabi, A Nickkholgh… - Molecular …, 2014 - Springer
Chronic vascular inflammation is a key hallmark in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic
aneurysm (AAA). Recent investigations have suggested that the inflammasome, a cytosolic …

Oxidative photocatalysis on membranes triggers non-canonical pyroptosis

C Lee, M Park, WCB Wijesinghe, S Na, CG Lee… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Intracellular membranes composing organelles of eukaryotes include membrane proteins
playing crucial roles in physiological functions. However, a comprehensive understanding of …