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 …

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 …

Pathophysiological functions of cathepsin D: Targeting its catalytic activity versus its protein binding activity?

O Masson, AS Bach, D Derocq, C Prébois… - Biochimie, 2010 - Elsevier
The lysosomal aspartic protease cathepsin D (cath-D) is overexpressed and hyper-secreted
by epithelial breast cancer cells. This protease is an independent marker of poor prognosis …

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 …

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 …

Knock-down of cathepsin D affects the retinal pigment epithelium, impairs swim-bladder ontogenesis and causes premature death in zebrafish

C Follo, M Ozzano, V Mugoni, R Castino, M Santoro… - PLoS …, 2011 - journals.plos.org
The lysosomal aspartic protease Cathepsin D (CD) is ubiquitously expressed in eukaryotic
organisms. CD activity is essential to accomplish the acid-dependent extensive or partial …

[HTML][HTML] Cathepsin D non-proteolytically induces proliferation and migration in human omental microvascular endothelial cells via activation of the ERK1/2 and PI3K …

MZI Pranjol, NJ Gutowski, M Hannemann… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2018 - Elsevier
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) frequently metastasises to the omentum, a process that
requires pro-angiogenic activation of human omental microvascular endothelial cells …

Lysosomes, caspase-mediated apoptosis, and cytoplasmic activation of P21, but not cell senescence, participate in a redundant fashion in embryonic morphogenetic …

C Duarte-Olivenza, G Moran, JM Hurle… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Micromass cultures of embryonic limb skeletal progenitors replicate the tissue remodelling
processes observed during digit morphogenesis. Here, we have employed micromass …

Expression of Fas, FasL, caspase-8 and other factors of the extrinsic apoptotic pathway during the onset of interdigital tissue elimination

EB Svandova, B Veselá, H Lesot, A Poliard… - Histochemistry and cell …, 2017 - Springer
Elimination of the interdigital web is considered to be the classical model for assessing
apoptosis. So far, most of the molecules described in the process have been connected to …