Brain‐derived neurotrophic factor, depression, and physical activity: making the neuroplastic connection

C Phillips - Neural plasticity, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Brain‐derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a neurotrophin that is vital to the survival,
growth, and maintenance of neurons in key brain circuits involved in emotional and …

Unfolding the role of BDNF as a biomarker for treatment of depression

T Rana, T Behl, A Sehgal, P Srivastava… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Depression is a well-known disabling mental illness characterized by sadness, loss of
interest in activities, and decreased energy. The symptoms of depression are usually …

Disinhibition of somatostatin-positive GABAergic interneurons results in an anxiolytic and antidepressant-like brain state

T Fuchs, SJ Jefferson, A Hooper, PHP Yee… - Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is associated with reduced concentrations of γ-
aminobutyric acid (GABA) that are normalized by antidepressant therapies. Moreover …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism of cytoplasmic mRNA translation

KS Browning, J Bailey-Serres - The Arabidopsis book/American …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Protein synthesis is a fundamental process in gene expression that depends upon the
abundance and accessibility of the mRNA transcript as well as the activity of many protein …

Neuronal activity rapidly reprograms dendritic translation via eIF4G2: uORF binding

E Hacisuleyman, CR Hale, N Noble, J Luo, JJ Fak… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Learning and memory require activity-induced changes in dendritic translation, but which
mRNAs are involved and how they are regulated are unclear. In this study, to monitor how …

Functionally distinct roles for eEF2K in the control of ribosome availability and p-body abundance

PR Smith, S Loerch, N Kunder, AD Stanowick… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Processing bodies (p-bodies) are a prototypical phase-separated RNA-containing granule.
Their abundance is highly dynamic and has been linked to translation. Yet, the molecular …

Anoikis resistance in diffuse glioma: The potential therapeutic targets in the future

Z Zhu, C Fang, H Xu, L Yuan, Y Du, Y Ni, Y Xu… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Glioma is the most common malignant intracranial tumor and exhibits diffuse metastasis and
a high recurrence rate. The invasive property of glioma results from cell detachment. Anoikis …

Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase as a drug target in cancer, and in cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases

R Liu, CG Proud - Acta Pharmacologica Sinica, 2016 - nature.com
Eukaryotic elongation factor 2 kinase (eEF2K) is an unusual protein kinase that regulates
the elongation stage of protein synthesis by phosphorylating and inhibiting its only known …

Genetic reduction of eEF2 kinase alleviates pathophysiology in Alzheimer's disease model mice

BC Beckelman, W Yang, NP Kasica… - The Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Molecular signaling mechanisms underlying Alzheimer's disease (AD) remain unclear.
Maintenance of memory and synaptic plasticity depend on de novo protein synthesis …

Reactive oxygen species-mediated loss of synaptic Akt1 signaling leads to deficient activity-dependent protein translation early in Alzheimer's disease

F Ahmad, K Singh, D Das, R Gowaikar… - Antioxidants & Redox …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Aims: Synaptic deficits are known to underlie the cognitive dysfunction seen in Alzheimer's
disease (AD). Generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by β-amyloid has also been …