The leading role of epithelial cells in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

M Selman, A Pardo - Cellular signalling, 2020 - Elsevier
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a relentlessly progressive and devastating interstitial
lung disease of unknown etiology, where the normal lung architecture is lost and replaced …

Mitochondrial-to-nuclear communication in aging: an epigenetic perspective

D Zhu, X Li, Y Tian - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Age-associated changes in mitochondria are closely involved in aging. Apart from the
established roles in bioenergetics and biosynthesis, mitochondria are signaling organelles …

Iron brain menace: the involvement of ferroptosis in Parkinson disease

KJ Lin, SD Chen, KL Lin, CW Liou, MY Lan… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Parkinson disease (PD) is the second-most common neurodegenerative disease. The
characteristic pathology of progressive dopaminergic neuronal loss in people with PD is …

MitoStores: chaperone‐controlled protein granules store mitochondrial precursors in the cytosol

L Krämer, N Dalheimer, M Räschle, Z Storchová… - The EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Hundreds of nucleus‐encoded mitochondrial precursor proteins are synthesized in the
cytosol and imported into mitochondria in a post‐translational manner. However, the early …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial protein import stress regulates the LC3 lipidation step of mitophagy through NLRX1 and RRBP1

SA Killackey, Y Bi, F Soares, I Hammi, NJ Winsor… - Molecular Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Protein import into mitochondria is a highly regulated process, yet how cells clear
mitochondria undergoing dysfunctional protein import remains poorly characterized. Here …

Cytosolic aggregation of mitochondrial proteins disrupts cellular homeostasis by stimulating the aggregation of other proteins

U Nowicka, P Chroscicki, K Stroobants, M Sladowska… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Mitochondria are organelles with their own genomes, but they rely on the import of nuclear-
encoded proteins that are translated by cytosolic ribosomes. Therefore, it is important to …

Alternative systems for misfolded protein clearance: life beyond the proteasome

HE Johnston, RS Samant - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Protein misfolding is a major driver of ageing‐associated frailty and disease pathology.
Although all cells possess multiple, well‐characterised protein quality control systems to …

Involvement of heat shock proteins HSP70 in the mechanisms of endogenous neuroprotection: the prospect of using HSP70 modulators

IF Belenichev, OG Aliyeva, OO Popazova… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This analytical review summarizes literature data and our own research on HSP70-
dependent mechanisms of neuroprotection and discusses potential pharmacological agents …

Mitochondrial metabolism in carcinogenesis and cancer therapy

H Moindjie, S Rodrigues-Ferreira, C Nahmias - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Reprogramming metabolism is a hallmark of cancer. Warburg's effect,
defined as increased aerobic glycolysis at the expense of mitochondrial respiration in …

Cell competition and the regulative nature of early mammalian development

J Nichols, A Lima, TA Rodríguez - Cell Stem Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The mammalian embryo exhibits a remarkable plasticity that allows it to correct for the
presence of aberrant cells, adjust its growth so that its size is in accordance with its …