NAD+ metabolism and its roles in cellular processes during ageing

AJ Covarrubias, R Perrone, A Grozio… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is a coenzyme for redox reactions, making it
central to energy metabolism. NAD+ is also an essential cofactor for non-redox NAD+ …

NAD+ metabolism: pathophysiologic mechanisms and therapeutic potential

N Xie, L Zhang, W Gao, C Huang, PE Huber… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) and its metabolites function as critical regulators
to maintain physiologic processes, enabling the plastic cells to adapt to environmental …

NAD+ homeostasis in health and disease

E Katsyuba, M Romani, D Hofer, J Auwerx - Nature metabolism, 2020 - nature.com
The conceptual evolution of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) from being seen as
a simple metabolic cofactor to a pivotal cosubstrate for proteins regulating metabolism and …

[HTML][HTML] Increased LRRK2 kinase activity alters neuronal autophagy by disrupting the axonal transport of autophagosomes

CA Boecker, J Goldsmith, D Dou, GG Cajka… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Parkinson's disease-causing mutations in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene
hyperactivate LRRK2 kinase activity and cause increased phosphorylation of Rab GTPases …

Axonal regeneration: underlying molecular mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets

R Akram, H Anwar, MS Javed, A Rasul, A Imran… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Axons in the peripheral nervous system have the ability to repair themselves after damage,
whereas axons in the central nervous system are unable to do so. A common and important …

Propagation of alpha-synuclein pathology: hypotheses, discoveries, and yet unresolved questions from experimental and human brain studies

T Uchihara, BI Giasson - Acta neuropathologica, 2016 - Springer
Progressive aggregation of alpha-synuclein (αS) through formation of amorphous pale
bodies to mature Lewy bodies or in neuronal processes as Lewy neurites may be the …

Modulating NAD+ metabolism, from bench to bedside

E Katsyuba, J Auwerx - The EMBO journal, 2017 - embopress.org
Discovered in the beginning of the 20th century, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+)
has evolved from a simple oxidoreductase cofactor to being an essential cosubstrate for a …

Delayed increases in microvascular pathology after experimental traumatic brain injury are associated with prolonged inflammation, blood–brain barrier disruption …

OY Glushakova, D Johnson, RL Hayes - Journal of neurotrauma, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant risk factor for chronic traumatic encephalopathy
(CTE), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and Parkinson's disease (PD). Cerebral microbleeds, focal …

Retinal ganglion cells: Energetics, compartmentation, axonal transport, cytoskeletons and vulnerability

DY Yu, SJ Cringle, C Balaratnasingam… - Progress in retinal and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are specialized projection neurons that relay an immense
amount of visual information from the retina to the brain. RGC signal inputs are collected by …

Potential pathways of abnormal tau and α-synuclein dissemination in sporadic Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

H Braak, K Del Tredici - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2016 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Experimental data indicate that transneuronal propagation of abnormal protein aggregates
in neurodegenerative proteinopathies, such as sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) and …