Mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) complexes in neurodegeneration

H Querfurth, HK Lee - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2021 - Springer
Novel targets to arrest neurodegeneration in several dementing conditions involving
misfolded protein accumulations may be found in the diverse signaling pathways of the …

Exploring ER stress response in cellular aging and neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

MS Uddin, WS Yu, LW Lim - Ageing Research Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
One evident hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the irregular accumulation of proteins
due to changes in proteostasis involving endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. To alleviate ER …

Targeting molecules to medicine with mTOR, autophagy and neurodegenerative disorders

K Maiese - British journal of clinical pharmacology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Neurodegenerative disorders are significantly increasing in incidence as the age of the
global population continues to climb with improved life expectancy. At present, more than 30 …

Mitophagy regulates integrity of mitochondria at synapses and is critical for synaptic maintenance

S Han, YY Jeong, P Sheshadri, X Su, Q Cai - EMBO reports, 2020 - embopress.org
Synaptic mitochondria are particularly vulnerable to physiological insults, and defects in
synaptic mitochondria are linked to early pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

mTOR signaling as a molecular target for the alleviation of Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

D Rapaka, VR Bitra, SR Challa, PC Adiukwu - Neurochemistry international, 2022 - Elsevier
Mechanistic/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) belongs to the phosphatidylinositol
kinase-related kinase (PIKK) family. mTOR signaling is required for the commencement of …

Small GTPases of the Ras and Rho families switch on/off signaling pathways in neurodegenerative diseases

A Arrazola Sastre, M Luque Montoro… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Small guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) of the Ras superfamily are key regulators of
many key cellular events such as proliferation, differentiation, cell cycle regulation …

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) in Alzheimer's disease: a focus on BACE1 related GPCRs

J Zhao, Y Deng, Z Jiang, H Qing - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) have been considered as one of the largest
families of validated drug targets, which involve in almost overall physiological functions and …

The ras superfamily of small gtpases in non-neoplastic cerebral diseases

L Qu, C Pan, SM He, B Lang, GD Gao… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The small GTPases from the Ras superfamily play crucial roles in basic cellular processes
during practically the entire process of neurodevelopment, including neurogenesis …

[HTML][HTML] A small molecule inhibitor of Rheb selectively targets mTORC1 signaling

SJ Mahoney, S Narayan, L Molz, LA Berstler… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The small G-protein Rheb activates the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1
(mTORC1) in response to growth factor signals. mTORC1 is a master regulator of cellular …

Blood biomarkers for memory: toward early detection of risk for Alzheimer disease, pharmacogenomics, and repurposed drugs

AB Niculescu, H Le-Niculescu, K Roseberry… - Molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
Short-term memory dysfunction is a key early feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Psychiatric patients may be at higher risk for memory dysfunction and subsequent AD due to …