Heat shock proteins: Biological functions, pathological roles, and therapeutic opportunities

C Hu, J Yang, Z Qi, H Wu, B Wang, F Zou, H Mei… - MedComm, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The heat shock proteins (HSPs) are ubiquitous and conserved protein families in both
prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, and they maintain cellular proteostasis and protect …

Heat shock proteins and cancer

J Wu, T Liu, Z Rios, Q Mei, X Lin, S Cao - Trends in pharmacological …, 2017 - cell.com
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) constitute a large family of proteins involved in protein folding
and maturation whose expression is induced by heat shock or other stressors. The major …

[HTML][HTML] Compilation of reported protein changes in the brain in Alzheimer's disease

M Askenazi, T Kavanagh, G Pires… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Proteomic studies of human Alzheimer's disease brain tissue have potential to identify
protein changes that drive disease, and to identify new drug targets. Here, we analyse 38 …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms tailoring the expression of heat shock proteins to proteostasis challenges

LRA Boopathy, S Jacob-Tomas, C Alecki… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
All cells possess an internal stress response to cope with environmental and
pathophysiological challenges. Upon stress, cells reprogram their molecular functions to …

[HTML][HTML] Small heat shock proteins, big impact on protein aggregation in neurodegenerative disease

JM Webster, AL Darling, VN Uversky… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Misfolding, aggregation, and aberrant accumulation of proteins are central components in
the progression of neurodegenerative disease. Cellular molecular chaperone systems …

[HTML][HTML] Disassembly of Tau fibrils by the human Hsp70 disaggregation machinery generates small seeding-competent species

E Nachman, AS Wentink, K Madiona, L Bousset… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
The accumulation of amyloid Tau aggregates is implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and
other tauopathies. Molecular chaperones are known to maintain protein homeostasis. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Accelerated neurodegeneration through chaperone-mediated oligomerization of tau

LJ Blair, BA Nordhues, SE Hill… - The Journal of …, 2013 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Aggregation of tau protein in the brain is associated with a class of neurodegenerative
diseases known as tauopathies. FK506 binding protein 51 kDa (FKBP51, encoded by …

[HTML][HTML] Tau oligomers neurotoxicity

G Niewiadomska, W Niewiadomski, M Steczkowska… - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
Although the mechanisms of toxic activity of tau are not fully recognized, it is supposed that
the tau toxicity is related rather not to insoluble tau aggregates but to its intermediate forms. It …

[HTML][HTML] Heat shock protein 27 (HSP27): biomarker of disease and therapeutic target

A Vidyasagar, NA Wilson, A Djamali - Fibrogenesis & tissue repair, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Heat shock protein 27 (HSP27) is a multidimensional protein which acts as a
protein chaperone and an antioxidant and plays a role in the inhibition of apoptosis and …

Tau accumulation activates the unfolded protein response by impairing endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation

JF Abisambra, UK Jinwal, LJ Blair… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), the mechanisms of neuronal loss remain largely unknown.
Although tau pathology is closely correlated with neuronal loss, how its accumulation may …