[HTML][HTML] Interlacing the relevance of caspase activation in the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease

PA Dhage, AA Sharbidre, SM Magdum - Brain Research Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Caspases, a family of cysteine proteases is a renowned regulator of apoptosis. Members of
this family are responsible for the proteolytic dismantling of numerous cellular structures …

Native glucagon amyloids catalyze key metabolic reactions

E Arad, G Yosefi, S Kolusheva, R Bitton, H Rapaport… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glucagon is a prominent peptide hormone, playing central roles in the regulation of glucose
blood-level and lipid metabolism. Formation of glucagon amyloid fibrils has been previously …

Tetrahedral Framework nucleic acids inhibit muscular mitochondria-mediated apoptosis and ameliorate muscle atrophy in Sarcopenia

X Yu, Y Wang, L Ran, Y Jiang, M Chen, H Du… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sarcopenia is known as age-related muscle atrophy, which influences over a quarter of the
elderly population worldwide. It is characterized by a progressive decline in muscle mass …

Assessing the Catalytic Role of Native Glucagon Amyloid Fibrils

A Nandi, A Zhang, E Arad, R Jelinek, A Warshel - ACS Catalysis, 2024 - ACS Publications
Glucagon stands out as a pivotal peptide hormone, instrumental in controlling blood glucose
levels and lipid metabolism. While the formation of glucagon amyloid fibrils has been …

Proteomic analysis of the IPF mesenchymal progenitor cell nuclear proteome identifies abnormalities in key nodal proteins that underlie their fibrogenic phenotype

L Yang, A Gilbertsen, K Smith, H Xia, LA Higgins… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
IPF is a progressive fibrotic lung disease whose pathogenesis remains incompletely
understood. We have previously discovered pathologic mesenchymal progenitor cells …

Long non-coding RNA PNKY modulates the development of choroidal neovascularization

L Shi, X Han, C Liu, X Li, S Lu, Q Jiang… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been widely implicated in human diseases. Our aim
was to explore the regulatory role of changes in the expression levels of PNKY and its linked …

Configuration of two cysteine residues in a ring within a stapled Bim peptide affects the secondary structure and apoptotic activity

S Zhou, F Nishimura, K Wada, K Fujii, T Kondo… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Many reports have shown that stabilization of secondary structure by stapling functional
peptides enhances the intracellular bioactivity. However, no report has discussed the …

In silico design of potential Mcl-1 peptide-based inhibitors

N Faraji, NL Daly, SS Arab… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Context BIM (Bcl-2 interacting mediator of apoptosis)-derived peptides that specifically target
over-expressed Mcl-1 (myeloid cell leukemia-1) protein and induce apoptosis are potentially …