[HTML][HTML] Idebenone: When an antioxidant is not an antioxidant

N Gueven, P Ravishankar, R Eri, E Rybalka - Redox biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Idebenone is a well described drug that was initially developed against dementia. The
current literature widely portrays this molecule as a potent antioxidant and CoQ 10 …

[HTML][HTML] Puerarin: a potential natural neuroprotective agent for neurological disorders

X Liu, R Huang, J Wan - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Puerarin is an isoflavone compound derived from Pueraria lobata in traditional Chinese
medicine. Accumulating evidence has indicated that puerarin demonstrates multiple …

Wolfram syndrome 1: from genetics to therapy

L Rigoli, V Caruso, G Salzano, F Lombardo - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Wolfram syndrome 1 (WS1) is a rare neurodegenerative disease transmitted in an
autosomal recessive mode. It is characterized by diabetes insipidus (DI), diabetes mellitus …

Effects of PB‐TURSO on the transcriptional and metabolic landscape of sporadic ALS fibroblasts

JA Fels, J Dash, K Leslie, G Manfredi… - Annals of Clinical and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective ALS is a rapidly progressive, fatal disorder caused by motor neuron degeneration,
for which there is a great unmet therapeutic need. AMX0035, a combination of sodium …

The endoplasmic reticulum and its contacts: Emerging roles in axon development, neurotransmission, and degeneration

M Kuijpers, PT Nguyen, V Haucke - The Neuroscientist, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The neuronal endoplasmic reticulum (ER) consists of a dynamic, tubular network that
extends all the way from the soma into dendrites, axons, and synapses. This morphology …

Cannabinoids modulate the microbiota–gut–brain axis in HIV/SIV infection by reducing neuroinflammation and dysbiosis while concurrently elevating …

M McDew-White, E Lee, LS Premadasa… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Although the advent of combination anti-retroviral therapy (cART) has
transformed HIV into a manageable chronic disease, an estimated 30–50% of people living …

Coupling of autophagy and the mitochondrial intrinsic apoptosis pathway modulates proteostasis and ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans

C Ploumi, E Kyriakakis, N Tavernarakis - Cell Death & Disease, 2023 - nature.com
Mitochondria preserve metabolic homeostasis and integrate stress signals, to trigger
cytoprotective, or cell death pathways. Mitochondrial homeostasis and function decline with …

GLP-1R agonists demonstrate potential to treat Wolfram syndrome in human preclinical models

V Gorgogietas, B Rajaei, C Heeyoung, BJ Santacreu… - Diabetologia, 2023 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Wolfram syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by
pathogenic variants in the WFS1 gene. It is characterised by insulin-dependent diabetes …

Mitochondria in the Spotlight: C. elegans as a Model Organism to Evaluate Xenobiotic-Induced Dysfunction

AC Martins, MB Virgolini, DS Ávila, P Scharf, J Li… - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria play a crucial role in cellular respiration, ATP production, and the regulation of
various cellular processes. Mitochondrial dysfunctions have been directly linked to …

Uniting the divergent Wolfram syndrome–linked proteins WFS1 and CISD2 as modulators of Ca2+ signaling

J Loncke, T Vervliet, JB Parys, A Kaasik, G Bultynck - Science Signaling, 2021 - science.org
Mutations in WFS1 (which encodes Wolframin, WFS1) and CISD2 (which encodes CDGSH
iron sulfur domain 2) result in Wolfram syndrome (WS), a rare genetic disorder that starts …