Emerging degrader technologies engaging lysosomal pathways

Y Ding, D Xing, Y Fei, B Lu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) provides unprecedented opportunities for drug
discovery. While the proteolysis-targeting chimera (PROTAC) technology has already …

Huntington's disease: mechanisms of pathogenesis and therapeutic strategies

M Jimenez-Sanchez, F Licitra… - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Huntington's disease is a late-onset neurodegenerative disease caused by a CAG
trinucleotide repeat in the gene encoding the huntingtin protein. Despite its well-defined …

Genome-wide association studies of metabolites in Finnish men identify disease-relevant loci

X Yin, LS Chan, D Bose, AU Jackson… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Few studies have explored the impact of rare variants (minor allele frequency< 1%) on
highly heritable plasma metabolites identified in metabolomic screens. The Finnish …

Polyglutamine tracts regulate beclin 1-dependent autophagy

A Ashkenazi, CF Bento, T Ricketts, M Vicinanza… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Nine neurodegenerative diseases are caused by expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) tracts in
different proteins, such as huntingtin in Huntington's disease and ataxin 3 in spinocerebellar …

New avenues for the treatment of Huntington's disease

A Kim, K Lalonde, A Truesdell, P Gomes Welter… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG expansion in
the HD gene. The disease is characterized by neurodegeneration, particularly in the striatum …

Leucine signals to mTORC1 via its metabolite acetyl-coenzyme A

SM Son, SJ Park, H Lee, F Siddiqi, JE Lee, FM Menzies… - Cell metabolism, 2019 - cell.com
The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex 1 (mTORC1) is a master regulator of
cell growth and metabolism. Leucine (Leu) activates mTORC1 and many have tried to …

Glutaminyl cyclase is an enzymatic modifier of the CD47-SIRPα axis and a target for cancer immunotherapy

MEW Logtenberg, JHM Jansen, M Raaben… - Nature medicine, 2019 - nature.com
Cancer cells can evade immune surveillance through the expression of inhibitory ligands
that bind their cognate receptors on immune effector cells. Expression of programmed death …

Senescent cells suppress macrophage-mediated corpse removal via upregulation of the CD47-QPCT/L axis

D Schloesser, L Lindenthal, J Sauer, KJ Chung… - Journal of Cell …, 2022 - rupress.org
Progressive accrual of senescent cells in aging and chronic diseases is associated with
detrimental effects in tissue homeostasis. We found that senescent fibroblasts and epithelia …

Layered double hydroxide nanostructures and nanocomposites for biomedical applications

L Yan, S Gonca, G Zhu, W Zhang… - Journal of Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Layered double hydroxide (LDH) nanostructures and related nanocomposites have
attracted significant interest in biomedical applications including cancer therapy, bioimaging …

[HTML][HTML] Poor cognitive ageing: Vulnerabilities, mechanisms and the impact of nutritional interventions

S Miquel, C Champ, J Day, E Aarts, BA Bahr… - Ageing research …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Ageing is a highly complex process marked by a temporal cascade of events,
which promote alterations in the normal functioning of an individual organism. The triggers …