Progranulin acts as a shared chaperone and regulates multiple lysosomal enzymes

J Jian, A Hettinghouse, C Liu - Genes & diseases, 2017 - Elsevier
Multifunctional factor progranulin (PGRN) plays an important role in lysosomes, and its
mutations and insufficiency are associated with lysosomal storage diseases, including …

Progranulin regulates lysosomal function and biogenesis through acidification of lysosomes

Y Tanaka, G Suzuki, T Matsuwaki… - Human molecular …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Progranulin (PGRN) haploinsufficiency resulting from loss-of-function mutations in the
PGRN gene causes frontotemporal lobar degeneration accompanied by TDP-43 …

Progranulin deficiency leads to reduced glucocerebrosidase activity

X Zhou, DH Paushter, MD Pagan, D Kim… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Mutation in the GRN gene, encoding the progranulin (PGRN) protein, shows a dose-
dependent disease correlation, wherein haploinsufficiency results in frontotemporal lobar …

The lysosomal function of progranulin, a guardian against neurodegeneration

DH Paushter, H Du, T Feng, F Hu - Acta neuropathologica, 2018 - Springer
Progranulin (PGRN), encoded by the GRN gene in humans, is a secreted growth factor
implicated in a multitude of processes ranging from regulation of inflammation to wound …

Granulins rescue inflammation, lysosome dysfunction, lipofuscin, and neuropathology in a mouse model of progranulin deficiency

J Root, A Mendsaikhan, G Taylor, P Merino, S Nandy… - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
Progranulin (PGRN) deficiency is linked to neurodegenerative diseases, including
frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. Proper …

Early lysosomal maturation deficits in microglia triggers enhanced lysosomal activity in other brain cells of progranulin knockout mice

JK Götzl, AV Colombo, K Fellerer… - Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Background Heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in the progranulin gene (GRN) lead to
frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) while the complete loss of progranulin (PGRN) …

Progranulin associates with Rab2 and is involved in autophagosome-lysosome fusion in Gaucher disease

X Zhao, R Liberti, J Jian, W Fu, A Hettinghouse… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Progranulin (PGRN) is a key regulator of lysosomes, and its deficiency has been linked to
various lysosomal storage diseases (LSDs), including Gaucher disease (GD), one of the …

Progranulin recruits HSP70 to β-glucocerebrosidase and is therapeutic against Gaucher disease

J Jian, QY Tian, A Hettinghouse, S Zhao, H Liu, J Wei… - …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Gaucher disease (GD), the most common lysosomal storage disease, is caused by
mutations in GBA1 encoding of β-glucocerebrosidase (GCase). Recently it was reported that …

Intracellular proteolysis of progranulin generates stable, lysosomal granulins that are haploinsufficient in patients with frontotemporal dementia caused by GRN …

CJ Holler, G Taylor, Q Deng, T Kukar - Eneuro, 2017 - eneuro.org
Homozygous or heterozygous mutations in the GRN gene, encoding progranulin (PGRN),
cause neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) or frontotemporal dementia (FTD), respectively …

Differential regulation of progranulin derived granulin peptides

T Zhang, H Du, MN Santos, X Wu, MD Pagan… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Background Haploinsufficiency of progranulin (PGRN) is a leading cause of frontotemporal
lobar degeneration (FTLD). PGRN is comprised of 7.5 granulin repeats and is processed …