Protein acylation: mechanisms, biological functions and therapeutic targets

S Shang, J Liu, F Hua - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2022 - nature.com
Metabolic reprogramming is involved in the pathogenesis of not only cancers but also
neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and infectious diseases. With the …

Post-translational modifications of G Protein–Coupled receptors control cellular signaling dynamics in space and time

A Patwardhan, N Cheng, JA Trejo - Pharmacological reviews, 2021 - ASPET
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) are a large family comprising> 800 signaling
receptors that regulate numerous cellular and physiologic responses. GPCRs have been …

Protein posttranslational modifications in health and diseases: Functions, regulatory mechanisms, and therapeutic implications

Q Zhong, X Xiao, Y Qiu, Z Xu, C Chen, B Chong… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) refer to the breaking or generation of covalent
bonds on the backbones or amino acid side chains of proteins and expand the diversity of …

Chronic mild stress paradigm as a rat model of depression: facts, artifacts, and future perspectives

T Strekalova, Y Liu, D Kiselev, S Khairuddin… - …, 2022 - Springer
Rationale The chronic mild stress (CMS) paradigm was first described almost 40 years ago
and has become a widely used model in the search for antidepressant drugs for major …

The implication of 5-HT receptor family members in aggression, depression and suicide: similarity and difference

NK Popova, AS Tsybko, VS Naumenko - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Being different multifactorial forms of psychopathology, aggression, depression and suicidal
behavior, which is considered to be violent aggression directed against the self, have …

Protein S‐Palmitoylation: advances and challenges in studying a therapeutically important lipid modification

A Main, W Fuller - The FEBS Journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The lipid post‐translational modification S‐palmitoylation is a vast developing field, with the
modification itself and the enzymes that catalyse the reversible reaction implicated in a …

MicroRNA schizophrenia: etiology, biomarkers and therapeutic targets

HC Zhang, Y Du, L Chen, ZQ Yuan, Y Cheng - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The three sets of symptoms associated with schizophrenia—positive, negative, and
cognitive—are burdensome and have serious effects on public health, which affects up to …

Mesenchymal stromal cells alleviate depressive and anxiety-like behaviors via a lung vagal-to-brain axis in male mice

J Huang, W Huang, J Yi, Y Deng, R Li, J Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most common and disabling mental
disorders, and current strategies remain inadequate. Although mesenchymal stromal cells …

Activation of the 5-HT7 receptor and MMP-9 signaling module in the hippocampal CA1 region is necessary for the development of depressive-like behavior

M Bijata, E Bączyńska, FE Müller, K Bijata, J Masternak… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Major depressive disorder is a complex disease resulting from aberrant synaptic plasticity
that may be caused by abnormal serotonergic signaling. Using a combination of behavioral …

Baseline levels of miR-223-3p correlate with the effectiveness of electroconvulsive therapy in patients with major depression

L Kaurani, M Besse, I Methfessel, A Methi… - Translational …, 2023 - nature.com
There is a strong medical need to develop suitable biomarkers to improve the diagnosis and
treatment of depression, particularly in predicting response to certain therapeutic …