[HTML][HTML] ROCK inhibition in models of neurodegeneration and its potential for clinical translation

JC Koch, L Tatenhorst, AE Roser, KA Saal… - Pharmacology & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative disorders like Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, or amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis are affecting a rapidly increasing population worldwide. While common …

Breaking BAG: the co-chaperone BAG3 in health and disease

C Behl - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2016 - cell.com
Human BAG (Bcl-2-associated athanogene) proteins form a family of antiapoptotic proteins
that currently consists of six members (BAG1–6) all sharing the BAG protein domain from …

ASF1B promotes cervical cancer progression through stabilization of CDK9

X Liu, J Song, Y Zhang, H Wang, H Sun, X Feng… - Cell Death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Cervical cancer (CC) is one of the most deadly cancers in women, its current treatments still
result in poor outcomes and developing the novel targets and therapeutic strategies are …

Inhibition of the autophagic protein ULK1 attenuates axonal degeneration in vitro and in vivo, enhances translation, and modulates splicing

BF Vahsen, VT Ribas, J Sundermeyer… - Cell Death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Axonal degeneration is a key and early pathological feature in traumatic and
neurodegenerative disorders of the CNS. Following a focal lesion to axons, extended axonal …

Role of Axon Guidance Molecules in Ascending and Descending paths in Spinal Cord Regeneration

A Vartak, D Goyal, H Kumar - Neuroscience, 2023 - Elsevier
Axon guidance molecules (AGM) are critical regulators of neural development and play a
vital role in guiding axons to their target regions during spinal cord development. The correct …

PTEN deletion in spinal pathways via retrograde transduction with AAV-rg enhances forelimb motor recovery after cervical spinal cord injury; sex differences and late …

M Metcalfe, O Steward - Experimental neurology, 2023 - Elsevier
Spinal cord injuries (SCI) cause permanent functional impairments due to interruption of
motor and sensory pathways. Regeneration of axons does not occur due to lack of intrinsic …

Harnessing rAAV-retro for gene manipulations in multiple pathways that are interrupted after spinal cord injury

M Metcalfe, KM Yee, J Luo, JH Martin-Thompson… - Experimental …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper explores the potential of rAAV2-retro to deliver gene modifying cargoes to the
cells of origin of multiple pathways that are interrupted by spinal cord injury (SCI) …

ROCK in CNS: different roles of isoforms and therapeutic target for neurodegenerative disorders

CM Chong, N Ai, S Ming-Yuen Lee - Current drug targets, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) is a serine-threonine kinase originally identified as a
crucial regulator of actin cytoskeleton. Recent studies have defined new functions of ROCK …

Gene manipulation strategies to identify molecular regulators of axon regeneration in the central nervous system

VT Ribas, MR Costa - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Limited axon regeneration in the injured adult mammalian central nervous system (CNS)
usually results in irreversible functional deficits. Both the presence of extrinsic inhibitory …

AAV-mediated inhibition of ULK1 promotes axonal regeneration in the central nervous system in vitro and in vivo

VT Ribas, BF Vahsen, L Tatenhorst, V Estrada… - Cell Death & …, 2021 - nature.com
Axonal damage is an early step in traumatic and neurodegenerative disorders of the central
nervous system (CNS). Damaged axons are not able to regenerate sufficiently in the adult …