Cellular and pathological functions of tau

C Parra Bravo, SA Naguib, L Gan - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Tau protein is involved in various cellular processes, including having a canonical role in
binding and stabilization of microtubules in neurons. Tauopathies are neurodegenerative …

Targeting heat shock proteins in cancer: a promising therapeutic approach

S Chatterjee, TF Burns - International journal of molecular sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are a large family of chaperones that are involved in protein
folding and maturation of a variety of “client” proteins protecting them from degradation …

The Hsp70/Hsp90 chaperone machinery in neurodegenerative diseases

RE Lackie, A Maciejewski, VG Ostapchenko… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The accumulation of misfolded proteins in the human brain is one of the critical features of
many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Assembles of beta …

Therapeutics of Alzheimer's disease: Past, present and future

R Anand, KD Gill, AA Mahdi - Neuropharmacology, 2014 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia worldwide. The etiology is
multifactorial, and pathophysiology of the disease is complex. Data indicate an exponential …

Folding or holding?—Hsp70 and Hsp90 chaperoning of misfolded proteins in neurodegenerative disease

BS Rutledge, WY Choy, ML Duennwald - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2022 - ASBMB
The toxic accumulation of misfolded proteins as inclusions, fibrils, or aggregates is a
hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases. However, how molecular chaperones, such …

HSPA8/HSC70 chaperone protein: structure, function, and chemical targeting

F Stricher, C Macri, M Ruff, S Muller - Autophagy, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
HSPA8/HSC70 protein is a fascinating chaperone protein. It represents a constitutively
expressed, cognate protein of the HSP70 family, which is central in many cellular processes …

[HTML][HTML] The human HSP70 family of chaperones: where do we stand?

J Radons - Cell Stress and Chaperones, 2016 - Elsevier
The 70-kDa heat shock protein (HSP70) family of molecular chaperones represents one of
the most ubiquitous classes of chaperones and is highly conserved in all organisms …

Targeting heat shock proteins in cancer

G Jego, A Hazoumé, R Seigneuric, C Garrido - Cancer letters, 2013 - Elsevier
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) HSP27, HSP70 and HSP90 are powerful chaperones. Their
expression is induced in response to a wide variety of physiological and environmental …

Lest we forget you—methylene blue…

RH Schirmer, H Adler, M Pickhardt, E Mandelkow - Neurobiology of aging, 2011 - Elsevier
Methylene blue (MB), the first synthetic drug, has a 120-year-long history of diverse
applications, both in medical treatments and as a staining reagent. In recent years there was …

Targeting Hsp70: A possible therapy for cancer

S Kumar, J Stokes III, UP Singh, KS Gunn, A Acharya… - Cancer letters, 2016 - Elsevier
In all organisms, heat-shock proteins (HSPs) provide an ancient defense system. These
proteins act as molecular chaperones by assisting proper folding and refolding of misfolded …