mTOR-related brain dysfunctions in neuropsychiatric disorders

L Ryskalin, F Limanaqi, A Frati, CL Busceti… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is an ubiquitously expressed serine-threonine
kinase, which senses and integrates several intracellular and environmental cues to …

Multifarious roles of mTOR signaling in cognitive aging and cerebrovascular dysfunction of Alzheimer's disease

MS Uddin, MA Rahman, MT Kabir, T Behl… - Iubmb …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Age‐related cognitive failure is a main devastating incident affecting even healthy people.
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the utmost common form of dementia among the geriatric …

Unlike dietary restriction, rapamycin fails to extend lifespan and reduce transcription stress in progeroid DNA repair‐deficient mice

MB Birkisdóttir, D Jaarsma, RMC Brandt… - Aging …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dietary restriction (DR) and rapamycin extend healthspan and life span across multiple
species. We have recently shown that DR in progeroid DNA repair‐deficient mice …

Brain somatic mutations in MTOR reveal translational dysregulations underlying intractable focal epilepsy

JK Kim, J Cho, SH Kim, HC Kang, DS Kim… - The Journal of clinical …, 2024 - jci.org
Brain somatic mutations confer genomic diversity in the human brain and cause
neurodevelopmental disorders. Recently, brain somatic activating mutations in MTOR have …

Early clinical predictors of autism spectrum disorder in infants with tuberous sclerosis complex: results from the EPISTOP study

R Moavero, A Benvenuto, L Emberti Gialloreti… - Journal of Clinical …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is highly prevalent in subjects with Tuberous Sclerosis
Complex (TSC), but we are not still able to reliably predict which infants will develop ASD …

PKC downregulation upon rapamycin treatment attenuates mitochondrial disease

M Martin-Perez, AS Grillo, TK Ito, AS Valente, J Han… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Leigh syndrome is a fatal neurometabolic disorder caused by defects in mitochondrial
function. Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibition with rapamycin attenuates …

A perfect sTORm: the role of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) in cerebrovascular dysfunction of Alzheimer's disease: a mini-review

CE Van Skike, V Galvan - Gerontology, 2018 - karger.com
Cerebrovascular dysfunction is detected prior to the onset of cognitive and histopathological
changes in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Increasing evidence indicates a critical role of …

Monitoring and managing patients with tuberous sclerosis complex: current state of knowledge

I Gomes, J Jesus Ribeiro, F Palavra - Journal of Multidisciplinary …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare genetic disease of autosomal dominant
transmission that, in most cases, results from the presence of pathogenic variants of the …

mTOR-dependent spine dynamics in autism

S Chaudry, N Vasudevan - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders
characterized by deficits in social communication and interaction as well as repetitive …

Autism spectrum disorder: Pathogenesis, biomarker, and intervention therapy

H Zhuang, Z Liang, G Ma, A Qureshi, X Ran… - MedComm, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become a common neurodevelopmental disorder. The
heterogeneity of ASD poses great challenges for its research and clinical translation. On the …