Ubiquitin signalling in neurodegeneration: mechanisms and therapeutic opportunities

MF Schmidt, ZY Gan, D Komander… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are characterised by progressive damage to the nervous
system including the selective loss of vulnerable populations of neurons leading to motor …

Cell biology and pathophysiology of α-synuclein

J Burré, M Sharma, TC Südhof - Cold Spring …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
α-Synuclein is an abundant neuronal protein that is highly enriched in presynaptic nerve
terminals. Genetics and neuropathology studies link α-synuclein to Parkinson's disease (PD) …

An overview of cancer treatment modalities

Z Abbas, S Rehman - Neoplasm, 2018 - books.google.com
Cancer is a global issue majorly affecting developing countries. According to a survey, 63%
of deaths due to cancer are reported from developing countries. There are different …

Degradation of misfolded proteins in neurodegenerative diseases: therapeutic targets and strategies

A Ciechanover, YT Kwon - Experimental & molecular medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Mammalian cells remove misfolded proteins using various proteolytic systems, including the
ubiquitin (Ub)-proteasome system (UPS), chaperone mediated autophagy (CMA) and …

Long non-coding antisense RNA controls Uchl1 translation through an embedded SINEB2 repeat

C Carrieri, L Cimatti, M Biagioli, A Beugnet, S Zucchelli… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Most of the mammalian genome is transcribed,,. This generates a vast repertoire of
transcripts that includes protein-coding messenger RNAs, long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial dysfunction in Parkinson's disease

HE Moon, SH Paek - Experimental neurobiology, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the selective loss of dopaminergic neurons of
the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) with motor and nonmotor symptoms. Defective …

Dysregulation of ubiquitin-proteasome system in neurodegenerative diseases

Q Zheng, T Huang, L Zhang, Y Zhou, H Luo… - Frontiers in aging …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is one of the major protein degradation pathways,
where abnormal UPS function has been observed in cancer and neurological diseases …

[HTML][HTML] α-Synuclein misfolding and Parkinson's disease

L Breydo, JW Wu, VN Uversky - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis …, 2012 - Elsevier
Substantial evidence links α-synuclein, a small highly conserved presynaptic protein with
unknown function, to both familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD). α-Synuclein has …

Long non-coding RNAs in the cytoplasm

F Rashid, A Shah, G Shan - Genomics, proteomics and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
An enormous amount of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) transcribed from eukaryotic
genome are important regulators in different aspects of cellular events. Cytoplasm is the …

[HTML][HTML] Parkinson's disease: mechanisms and models

W Dauer, S Przedborski - Neuron, 2003 - cell.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) results primarily from the death of dopaminergic neurons in the
substantia nigra. Current PD medications treat symptoms; none halt or retard dopaminergic …