Mechanisms and therapeutic implications of GSK-3 in treating neurodegeneration

I Rippin, H Eldar-Finkelman - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative disorders are spreading worldwide and are one of the greatest threats to
public health. There is currently no adequate therapy for these disorders, and therefore there …

Mechanism of activation and the rewired network: new drug design concepts

R Nussinov, M Zhang, R Maloney… - Medicinal research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Precision oncology benefits from effective early phase drug discovery decisions. Recently,
drugging inactive protein conformations has shown impressive successes, raising the …

PROTAC-induced glycogen synthase kinase 3β degradation as a potential therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer's Disease

M Guardigni, L Pruccoli, A Santini… - ACS Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK-3β) is a serine/threonine kinase and an attractive
therapeutic target for Alzheimer's disease. Based on proteolysis-targeting chimera …

GSK3 inhibition improves skeletal muscle function and whole-body metabolism in male mouse models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

BM Marcella, BL Hockey, JL Braun, KC Whitley… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Inhibiting glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) improves muscle function, metabolism, and
bone health in many diseases and conditions; however, whether GSK3 should be targeted …

Glial fibrillary acidic protein: a biomarker and drug target for alzheimer's disease

A Ganne, M Balasubramaniam, WST Griffin… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is an intermediate filament structural protein involved in
cytoskeleton assembly and integrity, expressed in high abundance in activated glial cells …

Thiadiazolidinone (TDZD) Analogs Inhibit Aggregation-Mediated Pathology in Diverse Neurodegeneration Models, and Extend C. elegans Life- and Healthspan

S Kakraba, S Ayyadevara, N Mainali… - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Chronic, low-grade inflammation has been implicated in aging and age-dependent
conditions, including Alzheimer's disease, cardiomyopathy, and cancer. One of the age …

Discovery of Potent Multikinase Type-II Inhibitors Targeting CDK5 in the DFG-out Inactive State with Promising Potential against Glioblastoma

ZR Khan, PJ Welsby, I Stasik… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Kinases have proven valuable targets in successful cancer drug discovery projects, but not
yet for malignant brain tumors where type-II inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) …

Molecular docking study of GSK‐3β interaction with nomilin, kihadanin B, and related limonoids and triterpenes with a furyl‐δ‐lactone core

G Vergoten, C Bailly - Journal of Biochemical and Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Glycogen synthase kinase‐3β (GSK‐3β) is a target enzyme considered for the treatment of
multiple human diseases, from neurodegenerative pathologies to viral infections and …

Rescue of ApoE4-related lysosomal autophagic failure in Alzheimer's disease by targeted small molecules

M Balasubramaniam, J Narasimhappagari… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Homozygosity for the ε4 allele of APOE increases the odds of developing Alzheimer's by 12
to 15 times relative to the most common ε3; ε3 genotype, and its association with higher …

[HTML][HTML] Protein homeostasis in the aged and diseased heart

N Mainali, S Ayyadevara, A Ganne… - The journal of …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Protein homeostasis, the balance between protein synthesis and degradation, requires the
clearance of misfolded and aggregated proteins and is therefore considered to be an …