Protein quality control in the secretory pathway

Z Sun, JL Brodsky - Journal of Cell Biology, 2019 - rupress.org
Protein folding is inherently error prone, especially in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Even
with an elaborate network of molecular chaperones and protein folding facilitators …

Major advances in targeted protein degradation: PROTACs, LYTACs, and MADTACs

SB Alabi, CM Crews - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Of late, targeted protein degradation (TPD) has surfaced as a novel and innovative chemical
tool and therapeutic modality. By co-opting protein degradation pathways, TPD facilitates …

Protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases: implications and strategies

P Sweeney, H Park, M Baumann, J Dunlop… - Translational …, 2017 - Springer
A hallmark of neurodegenerative proteinopathies is the formation of misfolded protein
aggregates that cause cellular toxicity and contribute to cellular proteostatic collapse …

Super-multiplex vibrational imaging

L Wei, Z Chen, L Shi, R Long, AV Anzalone, L Zhang… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The ability to visualize directly a large number of distinct molecular species inside cells is
increasingly essential for understanding complex systems and processes. Even though …

Orchestration of selective autophagy by cargo receptors

E Adriaenssens, L Ferrari, S Martens - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Cellular homeostasis requires the swift and specific removal of damaged material. Selective
autophagy represents a major pathway for the degradation of such cargo material. This is …

Exosome‐like nanoparticles from Mulberry bark prevent DSS‐induced colitis via the AhR/COPS8 pathway

MK Sriwastva, ZB Deng, B Wang, Y Teng, A Kumar… - EMBO …, 2022 - embopress.org
Bark protects the tree against environmental insults. Here, we analyzed whether this
defensive strategy could be utilized to broadly enhance protection against colitis. As a proof …

Human Hsp70 disaggregase reverses Parkinson's-linked α-synuclein amyloid fibrils

X Gao, M Carroni, C Nussbaum-Krammer, A Mogk… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
Intracellular amyloid fibrils linked to neurodegenerative disease typically accumulate in an
age-related manner, suggesting inherent cellular capacity for counteracting amyloid …

Prying into the prion hypothesis for Parkinson's disease

P Brundin, R Melki - Journal of Neuroscience, 2017 - Soc Neuroscience
In Parkinson's disease, intracellular α-synuclein inclusions form in neurons. We suggest that
prion-like behavior of α-synuclein is a key component in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis …

Autophagy-mediated apoptosis eliminates aneuploid cells in a mouse model of chromosome mosaicism

S Singla, LK Iwamoto-Stohl, M Zhu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The high incidence of aneuploidy in the embryo is considered the principal cause for low
human fecundity. However, the prevalence of aneuploidy dramatically declines as …

Noncoding translation mitigation

JS Kesner, Z Chen, P Shi, AO Aparicio, MR Murphy… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Translation is pervasive outside of canonical coding regions, occurring in long noncoding
RNAs, canonical untranslated regions and introns,,–, especially in ageing …