MicroRNAs in infectious diseases: potential diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets

M Kimura, S Kothari, W Gohir… - Clinical microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are conserved, short, non-coding RNAs that play a crucial role in the
post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. They have been implicated in the …

The role of mitophagy in innate immune responses triggered by mitochondrial stress

Y Song, Y Zhou, X Zhou - Cell Communication and signaling, 2020 - Springer
Mitochondria are important cellular organelles involved in many different functions, from
energy generation and fatty acid oxidation to cell death regulation and immune responses …

[HTML][HTML] Bax inhibitor 1 preserves mitochondrial homeostasis in acute kidney injury through promoting mitochondrial retention of PHB2

J Wang, P Zhu, R Li, J Ren, Y Zhang, H Zhou - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Bax inhibitor-1 (BI1) conveys anti-apoptotic signals for mitochondria while prohibitin
2 (PHB2) is implicated in sustaining mitochondrial morphology and function. However, their …

TDP-43 interacts with mitochondrial proteins critical for mitophagy and mitochondrial dynamics

SA Davis, S Itaman, CM Khalid-Janney, JA Sherard… - Neuroscience …, 2018 - Elsevier
Transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) functions as a
heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein and is the major pathological protein in …

Essential protein PHB2 and its regulatory mechanisms in cancer

A Qi, L Lamont, E Liu, SD Murray, X Meng, S Yang - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Prohibitins (PHBs) are a highly conserved class of proteins and have an essential role in
transcription, epigenetic regulation, nuclear signaling, mitochondrial structural integrity, cell …

The function of prohibitins in mitochondria and the clinical potentials

L Oyang, J Li, X Jiang, J Lin, L Xia, L Yang, S Tan… - Cancer cell …, 2022 - Springer
Prohibitins (PHBs) are a class of highly evolutionarily conserved proteins that widely
distribute in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. PHBs function in cell growth and proliferation or …

Src Activation Aggravates Podocyte Injury in Diabetic Nephropathy via Suppression of FUNDC1-Mediated Mitophagy

T Zheng, H Wang, Y Chen, X Chen, Z Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background and purpose: Mitophagy plays a significant role in the progression of diabetic
nephropathy (DN), although the regulatory mechanisms remain unclear. Recently …

Tetrahydroberberrubine retards heart aging in mice by promoting PHB2-mediated mitophagy

L Wang, X Tang, Y Shi, H Li, Z Meng, H Chen… - Acta Pharmacologica …, 2023 - nature.com
Heart aging is characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction, which
in turn induces a variety of cardiovascular diseases. There is still no therapeutic drug to …

Mitophagy in the pathogenesis of liver diseases

PY Ke - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Autophagy is a catabolic process involving vacuolar sequestration of intracellular
components and their targeting to lysosomes for degradation, thus supporting nutrient …

Mitophagy in atherosclerosis: from mechanism to therapy

Y Zhang, J Weng, L Huan, S Sheng, F Xu - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mitophagy is a type of autophagy that can selectively eliminate damaged and depolarized
mitochondria to maintain mitochondrial activity and cellular homeostasis. Several pathways …