A central chaperone-like role for 14-3-3 proteins in human cells

D Segal, S Maier, GJ Mastromarco, WW Qian… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
3-3 proteins are highly conserved regulatory proteins that interact with hundreds of
structurally diverse clients and act as central hubs of signaling networks. However, how 14-3 …

RNF26 binds perinuclear vimentin filaments to integrate ER and endolysosomal responses to proteotoxic stress

T Cremer, LM Voortman, E Bos, MLM Jongsma… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Proteotoxic stress causes profound endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane remodeling into
a perinuclear quality control compartment (ERQC) for the degradation of misfolded proteins …

Intermediate filaments associate with aggresome-like structures in proteostressed C. elegans neurons and influence large vesicle extrusions as exophers

ML Arnold, J Cooper, R Androwski, S Ardeshna… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Toxic protein aggregates can spread among neurons to promote human neurodegenerative
disease pathology. We found that in C. elegans touch neurons intermediate filament …

Effect of space flight on the behavior of human retinal pigment epithelial ARPE-19 cells and evaluation of coenzyme Q10 treatment

F Cialdai, D Bolognini, L Vignali, N Iannotti… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) are exposed to the damaging
effects of microgravity and cosmic radiation. One of the most critical and sensitive districts of …

Vimentin intermediate filaments provide structural stability to the mammalian Golgi complex

T Vitali, R Sanchez-Alvarez, TM Witkos… - Journal of Cell …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
The Golgi complex comprises a connected ribbon of stacked cisternal membranes localized
to the perinuclear region in most vertebrate cells. The position and morphology of this …

Vimentin is an attachment receptor for Mycoplasma pneumoniae P1 protein

K Peng, Y Liao, X Li, D Zeng, Y Ye, L Chen… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is the most common pathogen causing respiratory tract infection,
and the P1 protein on its adhesion organelle plays a crucial role during the pathogenic …

β-Hexachlorocyclohexane drives carcinogenesis in the human normal bronchial epithelium cell line BEAS-2B

E Rubini, M Minacori, G Paglia, F Altieri… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Organochlorine pesticides constitute the majority of the total environmental pollutants, and a
wide range of compounds have been found to be carcinogenic to humans. Among all …

Au nanoparticles decorated nanographene oxide-based platform: Synthesis, functionalization and assessment of photothermal activity

F Vischio, L Carrieri, GV Bianco, F Petronella… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel hybrid nanocomposite formed of carboxylated Nano Graphene Oxide (c-NGO),
highly densely decorated by monodisperse citrate-coated Au nanoparticles (c-NGO/Au …

Enhanced UnaG with minimal labeling artifact for single-molecule localization microscopy

S Ko, J Kwon, SH Shim - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We introduced enhanced UnaG (eUnaG), a ligand-activatable fluorescent protein, for
conventional and super-resolution imaging of subcellular structures in the mammalian cells …

[PDF][PDF] Spatiotemporal organization of organelles through membrane contact sites

T Cremer - 2024 - scholarlypublications …
Calcium (Ca2+) is the third most abundant metal on earth, and the fundaments of its
homeostasis date back to pre-eukaryotic life forms. In higher organisms, Ca2+ serves as a …