Recent insights into the role of unfolded protein response in ER stress in health and disease

D Lindholm, L Korhonen, O Eriksson… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Unfolded stress response (UPR) is a conserved cellular pathway involved in protein quality
control to maintain homeostasis under different conditions and disease states characterized …

ATG5: A central autophagy regulator implicated in various human diseases

H Changotra, S Kaur, SS Yadav… - Cell biochemistry …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Autophagy, an intracellular conserved degradative process, plays a central role in the
renewal/recycling of a cell to maintain the homeostasis of nutrients and energy within the …

Autophagy-based unconventional secretion of HMGB1 by keratinocytes plays a pivotal role in psoriatic skin inflammation

Z Wang, H Zhou, H Zheng, X Zhou, G Shen, X Teng… - Autophagy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The precise mechanism through which macroautophagy/autophagy affects psoriasis is
poorly understood. Here, we found that keratinocyte (KC) autophagy, which was positively …

[HTML][HTML] PI3K/AKT/mTOR activation and autophagy inhibition plays a key role in increased cholesterol during IL-17A mediated inflammatory response in psoriasis

P Varshney, N Saini - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis …, 2018 - Elsevier
Psoriasis is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease of the skin. Previous studies
including ours have shown that IL-17A plays a major role in its pathogenesis; however, its …

Autophagy and skin diseases

K Klapan, D Simon, A Karaulov… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Autophagy is a highly conserved lysosomal degradation system that involves the creation of
autophagosomes, which eventually fuse with lysosomes and breakdown misfolded proteins …

[HTML][HTML] NIX initiates mitochondrial fragmentation via DRP1 to drive epidermal differentiation

CL Simpson, MK Tokito, R Uppala, MK Sarkar… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
The epidermis regenerates continually to maintain a protective barrier at the body's surface
composed of differentiating keratinocytes. Maturation of this stratified tissue requires that …

Trehalose, sucrose and raffinose are novel activators of autophagy in human keratinocytes through an mTOR-independent pathway

X Chen, M Li, L Li, S Xu, D Huang, M Ju, J Huang… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Trehalose is a natural disaccharide that is found in a diverse range of organisms but not in
mammals. Autophagy is a process which mediates the sequestration, lysosomal delivery …

Phytochemicals: Targeting autophagy to treat psoriasis

H Chen, Z Su, X Pan, X Zheng, H Li, Z Ye, B Tang, Y Lu… - Phytomedicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Psoriasis is an immune-mediated chronic inflammatory skin disease
characterized by well-defined erythema and white scales, which affects approximately 2% of …

Autophagopathies: from autophagy gene polymorphisms to precision medicine for human diseases

I Grosjean, B Roméo, MA Domdom, A Belaid… - Autophagy, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
At a time when complex diseases affect globally 280 million people and claim 14 million
lives every year, there is an urgent need to rapidly increase our knowledge into their …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for lysosomal dysfunction within the epidermis in psoriasis and atopic dermatitis

K Klapan, Ž Frangež, N Markov, S Yousefi… - Journal of Investigative …, 2021 - Elsevier
Atopic dermatitis and psoriasis are frequent chronic inflammatory skin diseases. Autophagy
plays a substantial role in the homeostasis of an organism. Loss or impairment of autophagy …