[HTML][HTML] Sarcopenia–Molecular mechanisms and open questions

P Wiedmer, T Jung, JP Castro, LCD Pomatto… - Ageing research …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sarcopenia represents a muscle-wasting syndrome characterized by progressive and
generalized degenerative loss of skeletal muscle mass, quality, and strength occurring …

A new era for understanding amyloid structures and disease

MG Iadanza, MP Jackson, EW Hewitt… - … reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
The aggregation of proteins into amyloid fibrils and their deposition into plaques and
intracellular inclusions is the hallmark of amyloid disease. The accumulation and deposition …

Trehalose induces autophagy via lysosomal-mediated TFEB activation in models of motoneuron degeneration

P Rusmini, K Cortese, V Crippa, R Cristofani… - Autophagy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Macroautophagy/autophagy, a defense mechanism against aberrant stresses, in neurons
counteracts aggregate-prone misfolded protein toxicity. Autophagy induction might be …

Calcium dyshomeostasis in Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

R Cascella, C Cecchi - International journal of molecular sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common age-related neurodegenerative disorder that
is characterized by amyloid β-protein deposition in senile plaques, neurofibrillary tangles …

A short motif in the N-terminal region of α-synuclein is critical for both aggregation and function

CPA Doherty, SM Ulamec, R Maya-Martinez… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
Aggregation of human α-synuclein (αSyn) is linked to Parkinson's disease (PD) pathology.
The central region of the αSyn sequence contains the non-amyloid β-component (NAC) …

Instability challenges and stabilization strategies of pharmaceutical proteins

M Akbarian, SH Chen - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Maintaining the structure of protein and peptide drugs has become one of the most important
goals of scientists in recent decades. Cold and thermal denaturation conditions …

LncRNA NEAT1 promotes autophagy in MPTP-induced Parkinson's disease through stabilizing PINK1 protein

W Yan, ZY Chen, JQ Chen, HM Chen - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Long non-coding RNA nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1 (lncRNA
NEAT1) was found to be closely related to the pathological changes in brain and nervous …

The vicious cycle between α‐synuclein aggregation and autophagic‐lysosomal dysfunction

G Bellomo, S Paciotti, L Gatticchi… - Movement …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The accumulation and misfolding of α‐synuclein (α‐syn) represent the main pathological
hallmark of PD. Overexpression of α‐syn and failure of cellular protein degradation systems …

Myocardial stress and autophagy: mechanisms and potential therapies

LMD Delbridge, KM Mellor, DJ Taylor… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Autophagy is a ubiquitous cellular catabolic process responsive to energy stress. Research
over the past decade has revealed that cardiomyocyte autophagy is a prominent …

Internalization mechanisms of brain-derived tau oligomers from patients with Alzheimer's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy and dementia with Lewy bodies

N Puangmalai, N Bhatt, M Montalbano… - Cell death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Tau aggregates propagate in brain cells and transmit to neighboring cells as well as
anatomically connected brain regions by prion-like mechanisms. Soluble tau aggregates …