The ageing brain: molecular and cellular basis of neurodegeneration

S Azam, ME Haque, R Balakrishnan, IS Kim… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Ageing is an inevitable event in the lifecycle of all organisms, characterized by progressive
physiological deterioration and increased vulnerability to death. Ageing has also been …

Neurodegenerative diseases–is metabolic deficiency the root cause?

VR Muddapu, SAP Dharshini… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer, Parkinson, Huntington, and amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis, are a prominent class of neurological diseases currently without a cure …

Pharmacological regulation of endoplasmic reticulum structure and calcium dynamics: importance for neurodegenerative diseases

I Parkkinen, A Their, MY Asghar, S Sree… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the largest organelle of the cell, composed of a
continuous network of sheets and tubules, and is involved in protein, calcium (Ca 2+), and …

Climate change and neurodegenerative diseases

P Bongioanni, R Del Carratore, S Corbianco… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The climate change induced global warming, and in particular the increased frequency and
intensity of heat waves, have been linked to health problems. Among them, scientific works …

Development of MAP4 kinase inhibitors as motor neuron-protecting agents

PH Bos, ER Lowry, J Costa, S Thams, A Garcia-Diaz… - Cell chemical …, 2019 - cell.com
Disease-causing mutations in many neurodegenerative disorders lead to proteinopathies
that trigger endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. However, few therapeutic options exist for …

[HTML][HTML] Melatonin ameliorates endoplasmic reticulum stress in N2a neuroblastoma cell hypoxia-reoxygenation injury by activating the AMPK-Pak2 pathway

J Xing, H Xu, C Liu, Z Wei, Z Wang, L Zhao… - Cell Stress and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been identified as a primary factor involved in brain
ischemia-reperfusion injury progression. p21-activated kinase 2 (Pak2) is a novel ER …

Zebrafish CCNF and FUS Mediate Stress-Specific Motor Responses

YA Aksoy, AJ Cole, W Deng, D Hesselson - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease
characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons. Mutations in the cyclin F (CCNF) and …

TDP43 aggregation at ER-exit sites impairs ER-to-Golgi transport

H Wu, LC Wang, BM Sow, D Leow, J Zhu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Protein aggregation plays key roles in age-related degenerative diseases, but how different
proteins coalesce to form inclusions that vary in composition, morphology, molecular …

The cysteine (Cys) residues Cys-6 and Cys-111 in mutant superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) A4V are required for induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress in …

ER Perri, S Parakh, M Vidal, P Mehta, Y Ma… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by the
degeneration of motor neurons. Between 12 and 20% of inherited cases and approximately …

Membrane contact sites orchestrate cholesterol homeostasis that is central to vascular aging

W Li, Y Pang, K Jin, Y Wang, Y Wu… - WIREs Mechanisms …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chronological age causes structural and functional vascular deterioration and is a well‐
established risk factor for the development of cardiovascular diseases, leading to more than …