Calcium and cell death mechanisms: a perspective from the cell death community

B Zhivotovsky, S Orrenius - Cell calcium, 2011 - Elsevier
Research during the past several decades has provided convincing evidence for a crucial
role of the Ca2+ ion in cell signaling. Hence, intracellular Ca2+ transients have been …

[HTML][HTML] Clusterin: Always protecting. Synthesis, function and potential issues

C Rodríguez-Rivera, MM Garcia… - Biomedicine & …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last years, clusterin, a challenging and paradoxical apolipoprotein, has been of
growing interest amongst a rising number of scientists. This enigmatic protein is present in …

Chemoprevention of human prostate cancer by oral administration of green tea catechins in volunteers with high-grade prostate intraepithelial neoplasia: a …

S Bettuzzi, M Brausi, F Rizzi, G Castagnetti… - Cancer research, 2006 - AACR
Green tea catechins (GTCs) proved to be effective in inhibiting cancer growth in several
experimental models. Recent studies showed that 30% of men with high-grade prostate …

Clusterin: a forgotten player in Alzheimer's disease

T Nuutinen, T Suuronen, A Kauppinen… - Brain research reviews, 2009 - Elsevier
Clusterin, also known as apolipoprotein J, is a versatile chaperone molecule which contains
several amphipathic and coiled-coil α-helices, typical characteristics of small heat shock …

Regulation of clusterin/apolipoprotein J, a functional homologue to the small heat shock proteins, by oxidative stress in ageing and age-related diseases

IP Trougakos, ES Gonos - Free radical research, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Clusterin/apolipoprotein J (CLU) gene has a nearly ubiquitous expression pattern in human
tissues. The two main CLU protein isoforms in human cells include the conventional …

Intracellular clusterin inhibits mitochondrial apoptosis by suppressing p53-activating stress signals and stabilizing the cytosolic Ku70-Bax protein complex

IP Trougakos, M Lourda, MH Antonelou, D Kletsas… - Clinical cancer …, 2009 - AACR
Abstract Purpose: Secretory clusterin (sCLU)/apolipoprotein J is an extracellular chaperone
that has been functionally implicated in DNA repair, cell cycle regulation, apoptotic cell …

The CLU-files: disentanglement of a mystery

P Rohne, H Prochnow, C Koch-Brandt - Biomolecular concepts, 2016 - degruyter.com
The multifaceted protein clusterin (CLU) has been challenging researchers for more than 35
years. The characterization of CLU as a molecular chaperone was one of the major …

[PDF][PDF] The clusterin paradigm in prostate and breast carcinogenesis

F Rizzi, S Bettuzzi - Endocrine-related cancer, 2010 - academia.edu
The biological functions of clusterin (CLU, also known as ApoJ, SGP2, TRPM-2, CLI) have
been puzzling the researchers since its first discovery in the early 80's. We know that CLU is …

Clusterin is a potential therapeutic target in Alzheimer's disease

N Palihati, Y Tang, Y Yin, D Yu, G Liu, Z Quan… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
In recent years, Clusterin, a glycosylated protein with multiple biological functions, has
attracted extensive research attention. It is closely associated with the physiological and …

[PDF][PDF] Molecular targets of (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG): specificity and interaction with membrane lipid rafts

SK Patra, F Rizzi, A Silva, DO Rugina… - J Physiol …, 2008 - jpp.krakow.pl
Proteomic studies on anticancer activity of Green Tea Catechins (specifically EGCG) are
suggesting a large set of protein targets that may directly interact with EGCG and alter the …