Lysosomes as a therapeutic target

SR Bonam, F Wang, S Muller - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Lysosomes are membrane-bound organelles with roles in processes involved in degrading
and recycling cellular waste, cellular signalling and energy metabolism. Defects in genes …

Lysosomal membrane permeabilization and cell death

F Wang, R Gómez‐Sintes, P Boya - Traffic, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Lysosomes are membrane‐enclosed organelles that mediate the intracellular degradation
of macromolecules. They play an essential role in calcium regulation and have emerged as …

Lysosomal exocytosis, exosome release and secretory autophagy: the autophagic-and endo-lysosomal systems go extracellular

S Buratta, B Tancini, K Sagini, F Delo… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Beyond the consolidated role in degrading and recycling cellular waste, the autophagic-and
endo-lysosomal systems play a crucial role in extracellular release pathways. Lysosomal …

Plasma membrane integrity in health and disease: significance and therapeutic potential

C Dias, J Nylandsted - Cell discovery, 2021 - nature.com
Maintenance of plasma membrane integrity is essential for normal cell viability and function.
Thus, robust membrane repair mechanisms have evolved to counteract the eminent threat of …

Lysosomal physiology

H Xu, D Ren - Annual review of physiology, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Lysosomes are acidic compartments filled with more than 60 different types of hydrolases.
They mediate the degradation of extracellular particles from endocytosis and of intracellular …

Lysosomal size matters

MEG de Araujo, G Liebscher, MW Hess, LA Huber - Traffic, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Lysosomes are key cellular catabolic centers that also perform fundamental metabolic,
signaling and quality control functions. Lysosomes are not static and they respond …

Lysosomal exocytosis: the extracellular role of an intracellular organelle

B Tancini, S Buratta, F Delo, K Sagini, E Chiaradia… - Membranes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lysosomes are acidic cell compartments containing a large set of hydrolytic enzymes. These
lysosomal hydrolases degrade proteins, lipids, polysaccharides, and nucleic acids into their …

Endolysosomes are the principal intracellular sites of acid hydrolase activity

NA Bright, LJ Davis, JP Luzio - Current Biology, 2016 - cell.com
The endocytic delivery of macromolecules from the mammalian cell surface for degradation
by lysosomal acid hydrolases requires traffic through early endosomes to late endosomes …

Getting around the cell: physical transport in the intracellular world

SS Mogre, AI Brown, EF Koslover - Physical Biology, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Eukaryotic cells face the challenging task of transporting a variety of particles through the
complex intracellular milieu in order to deliver, distribute, and mix the many components that …

The renal Fanconi syndrome in cystinosis: pathogenic insights and therapeutic perspectives

S Cherqui, PJ Courtoy - Nature reviews Nephrology, 2017 - nature.com
Cystinosis is an autosomal recessive metabolic disease that belongs to the family of
lysosomal storage disorders. It is caused by a defect in the lysosomal cystine transporter …