The lysosome: from waste bag to potential therapeutic target

H Appelqvist, P Wäster, K Kågedal… - Journal of molecular …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Lysosomes are ubiquitous membrane-bound intracellular organelles with an acidic interior.
They are central for degradation and recycling of macromolecules delivered by endocytosis …

Lysosomal membrane permeabilization in cell death

P Boya, G Kroemer - Oncogene, 2008 - nature.com
Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP) constitutes one of the major
checkpoint (s) of apoptotic and necrotic cell death. Recently, the permeabilization of yet …

Lens fibre cell differentiation and organelle loss: many paths lead to clarity

MA Wride - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2011 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The programmed removal of organelles from differentiating lens fibre cells contributes
towards lens transparency through formation of an organelle-free zone (OFZ). Disruptions in …

Genetic control of programmed cell death during animal development

B Conradt - Annual review of genetics, 2009 - annualreviews.org
The elimination of unwanted cells by programmed cell death is a common feature of animal
development. Genetic studies in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the fruit fly …

The potential role of the proteases cathepsin D and cathepsin L in the progression and metastasis of epithelial ovarian cancer

MZI Pranjol, N Gutowski, M Hannemann, J Whatmore - Biomolecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the leading cause of death from gynecologic
malignancies and has a poor prognosis due to relatively unspecific early symptoms, and …

[HTML][HTML] Activin/TGFβ and BMP crosstalk determines digit chondrogenesis

JA Montero, CI Lorda-Diez, Y Gañan, D Macias… - Developmental …, 2008 - Elsevier
The progress zone (PZ) is a specialized area at the distal margin of the developing limb
where mesodermal cells are kept in proliferation and undifferentiated, allowing limb …

[HTML][HTML] Apoptosis during embryonic tissue remodeling is accompanied by cell senescence

CI Lorda-Diez, B Garcia-Riart, JA Montero… - Aging (Albany …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
This study re-examined the dying process in the interdigital tissue during the formation of
free digits in the developing limbs. We demonstrated that the interdigital dying process was …

Sculpturing digit shape by cell death

JA Montero, JM Hurlé - Apoptosis, 2010 - Springer
Physiological cell death is a key mechanism that ensures appropriate development and
maintenance of tissues and organs in multicellular organisms. Most structures in the …

Interrogating the relevance of mitochondrial apoptosis for vertebrate development and postnatal tissue homeostasis

S Tuzlak, T Kaufmann, A Villunger - Genes & development, 2016 - genesdev.cshlp.org
“Programmed cell death or 'apoptosis' is critical for organogenesis during embryonic
development and tissue homeostasis in the adult. Its deregulation can contribute to a broad …

Cathepsin D in the tumor microenvironment of breast and ovarian cancers

ZI Pranjol, JL Whatmore - Tumor Microenvironment: Molecular Players …, 2020 - Springer
Cancer remains a major and leading health problem worldwide. Lack of early diagnosis,
chemoresistance, and recurrence of cancer means vast research and development are …