Pharmacological targeting of endoplasmic reticulum stress in disease

SJ Marciniak, JE Chambers, D Ron - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2022 - nature.com
The accumulation of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) leads to ER
stress, resulting in activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) that aims to restore …

Endoplasmic reticulum stress: molecular mechanism and therapeutic targets

X Chen, C Shi, M He, S Xiong, X Xia - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2023 - nature.com
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) functions as a quality-control organelle for protein
homeostasis, or “proteostasis”. The protein quality control systems involve ER-associated …

Single-cell eQTL mapping identifies cell type–specific genetic control of autoimmune disease

S Yazar, J Alquicira-Hernandez, K Wing, A Senabouth… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The human immune system displays substantial variation between individuals, leading to
differences in susceptibility to autoimmune disease. We present single-cell RNA sequencing …

Mechanisms, regulation and functions of the unfolded protein response

C Hetz, K Zhang, RJ Kaufman - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2020 - nature.com
Cellular stress induced by the abnormal accumulation of unfolded or misfolded proteins at
the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is emerging as a possible driver of human diseases …

The unfolded protein response: an overview

A Read, M Schröder - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The unfolded protein response (UPR) is the cells' way of maintaining the
balance of protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum, which is the section of the cell …

Structure and molecular mechanism of ER stress signaling by the unfolded protein response signal activator IRE1

CJ Adams, MC Kopp, N Larburu, PR Nowak… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an important site for protein folding and maturation in
eukaryotes. The cellular requirement to synthesize proteins within the ER is matched by its …

Endoplasmic reticulum stress signalling and the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

C Lebeaupin, D Vallée, Y Hazari, C Hetz, E Chevet… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
The global epidemic of obesity has been accompanied by a rising burden of non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD), with manifestations ranging from simple steatosis to non …

Molecular mechanisms of RNA targeting by Cas13-containing type VI CRISPR–Cas systems

MR O'Connell - Journal of molecular biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Prokaryotic adaptive immune systems use Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short
Palindromic Repeats (CRISPRs) and CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins for RNA-guided …

Targeting hypoxia in cancer therapy

WR Wilson, MP Hay - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2011 - nature.com
Hypoxia is a feature of most tumours, albeit with variable incidence and severity within a
given patient population. It is a negative prognostic and predictive factor owing to its multiple …

Integrating the mechanisms of apoptosis induced by endoplasmic reticulum stress

I Tabas, D Ron - Nature cell biology, 2011 - nature.com
The ability to respond to perturbations in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) function is a
fundamentally important property of all cells, but ER stress can also lead to apoptosis. In …