Role of Microglia and Astrocytes in Alzheimer's Disease: From Neuroinflammation to Ca2+ Homeostasis Dysregulation

G Di Benedetto, C Burgaletto, CM Bellanca, A Munafò… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia worldwide, with a complex,
poorly understood pathogenesis. Cerebral atrophy, amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques, and …

Organellar homeostasis and innate immune sensing

CR Harapas, E Idiiatullina, M Al-Azab… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
A cell is delimited by numerous borders that define specific organelles. The walls of some
organelles are particularly robust, such as in mitochondria or endoplasmic reticulum, but …

[HTML][HTML] Linoleic acid potentiates CD8+ T cell metabolic fitness and antitumor immunity

CBN Lauson, S Tiberti, PA Corsetto, F Conte, P Tyagi… - Cell Metabolism, 2023 - cell.com
The metabolic state represents a major hurdle for an effective adoptive T cell therapy (ACT).
Indeed, specific lipids can harm CD8+ T cell (CTL) mitochondrial integrity, leading to …

Multifunctional Calcium–Manganese Nanomodulator Provides Antitumor Treatment and Improved Immunotherapy via Reprogramming of the Tumor Microenvironment

G Luo, X Li, J Lin, G Ge, J Fang, W Song, GG Xiao… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ions play a vital role in regulating various biological processes, including metabolic and
immune homeostasis, which involves tumorigenesis and therapy. Thus, the perturbation of …

Calcium dyshomeostasis in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

R Cascella, C Cecchi - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common age-related neurodegenerative disorder that
is characterized by amyloid β-protein deposition in senile plaques, neurofibrillary tangles …

Endoplasmic reticulum stress, unfolded protein response, and cancer cell fate

M Corazzari, M Gagliardi, GM Fimia… - Frontiers in oncology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Perturbation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) homeostasis results in a stress condition termed
“ER stress” determining the activation of a finely regulated program defined as unfolded …

Oxidative stress and cellular pathologies in Parkinson's disease

L Puspita, SY Chung, J Shim - Molecular brain, 2017 - Springer
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic and progressive neurodegeneration of dopamine
neurons in the substantia nigra. The reason for the death of these neurons is unclear; …

Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 2-mediated lipid droplet production supports colorectal cancer chemoresistance

AK Cotte, V Aires, M Fredon, E Limagne… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Lipid droplet (LD) accumulation is a now well-recognised hallmark of cancer. However, the
significance of LD accumulation in colorectal cancer (CRC) biology is incompletely …

Caffeine blocks SREBP2-induced hepatic PCSK9 expression to enhance LDLR-mediated cholesterol clearance

PF Lebeau, JH Byun, K Platko, P Saliba… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Evidence suggests that caffeine (CF) reduces cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However,
the mechanism by which this occurs has not yet been uncovered. Here, we investigated the …

The complex interplay between mitochondria, ROS and entire cellular metabolism

AV Kuznetsov, R Margreiter, MJ Ausserlechner… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Besides their main function for energy production in form of ATP in processes of oxidative
phosphorylation (OxPhos), mitochondria perform many other important cellular functions …