Interaction with ERp57 is required for progranulin protection against Type 2 Gaucher disease

Y Liu, X Zhao, J Jian, S Hasan, C Liu - Bioscience trends, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Gaucher disease (GD), one of the most common lysosomal storage diseases, is caused by
GBA1 mutations resulting in defective glucocerebrosidase (GCase) and consequent …

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 …

Progranulin as a novel factor in Gaucher disease

FYM Choy, CL Christensen - EBioMedicine, 2016 - thelancet.com
In 1955, Christian de Duve discovered a novel organelle packaged with hydrolytic enzymes
for which he coined the terminology 'lysosome'(De Duve et al., 1955). Two decades later, he …

Association between progranulin and Gaucher disease

J Jian, S Zhao, QY Tian, H Liu, Y Zhao, WC Chen… - …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Gaucher disease (GD) is a genetic disease caused by mutations in the GBA1
gene which result in reduced enzymatic activity of β-glucocerebrosidase (GCase). This study …

Intrinsic link between PGRN and Gba1 D409V mutation dosage in potentiating Gaucher disease

Y Lin, X Zhao, B Liou, V Fannin, W Zhang… - Human Molecular …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Gaucher disease (GD) is caused by biallelic GBA1/Gba1 mutations that encode defective
glucocerebrosidase (GCase). Progranulin (PGRN, encoded by GRN/Grn) is a modifier of …

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 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 …

PGRN deficiency exacerbates, whereas a brain penetrant PGRN derivative protects, GBA1 mutation-associated pathologies and diseases

X Zhao, Y Lin, B Liou, W Fu, J Jian… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Mutations in GBA1, encoding glucocerebrosidase (GCase), cause Gaucher disease (GD)
and are also genetic risks in developing Parkinson's disease (PD). Currently, the approved …

Chitinase-3-like PROTEIN 1: A Progranulin downstream molecule and potential biomarker for Gaucher disease

J Jian, Y Chen, R Liberti, W Fu, W Hu… - …, 2018 - thelancet.com
We recently reported that progranulin (PGRN) is a novel regulator of glucocerebrosidase
and its deficiency associates with Gaucher Diseases (GD)(Jian et al., 2016a; Jian et al …

Mutant glucocerebrosidase in Gaucher disease recruits Hsp27 to the Hsp90 chaperone complex for proteasomal degradation

C Yang, H Wang, D Zhu, CS Hong… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Gaucher disease is caused by mutations of the GBA1 gene, which encodes the lysosomal
anchored gluococerebrosidase (GCase). GBA1 mutations commonly result in protein …