The role of sex and sex hormones in neurodegenerative diseases

E Vegeto, A Villa, S Della Torre, V Crippa… - Endocrine …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) are a wide class of disorders of the central nervous
system (CNS) with unknown etiology. Several factors were hypothesized to be involved in …

International union of basic and clinical pharmacology CXIII: Nuclear receptor superfamily—Update 2023

TP Burris, IMS de Vera, I Cote, CA Flaveny… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The NR superfamily comprises 48 transcription factors in humans that control a plethora of
gene network programs involved in a wide range of physiologic processes. This review will …

ULK1 and ULK2 regulate stress granule disassembly through phosphorylation and activation of VCP/p97

B Wang, BA Maxwell, JH Joo, Y Gwon, J Messing… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Disturbances in autophagy and stress granule dynamics have been implicated as potential
mechanisms underlying inclusion body myopathy (IBM) and related disorders. Yet the roles …

LSD1/PRMT6-targeting gene therapy to attenuate androgen receptor toxic gain-of-function ameliorates spinobulbar muscular atrophy phenotypes in flies and mice

R Prakasam, A Bonadiman, R Andreotti… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Spinobulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is caused by CAG expansions in the androgen
receptor gene. Androgen binding to polyQ-expanded androgen receptor triggers SBMA …

Therapeutic strategies to target the androgen receptor

W Xiang, S Wang - Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2022 - ACS Publications
The androgen receptor (AR) plays a key role in the maintenance of muscle and bone and
the support of male sexual-related functions, as well as in the progression of prostate …

An overview of next-generation androgen receptor-targeted therapeutics in development for the treatment of prostate cancer

ML Mohler, A Sikdar, S Ponnusamy, DJ Hwang… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Traditional endocrine therapy for prostate cancer (PCa) has been directed at suppression of
the androgen receptor (AR) signaling axis since Huggins et al. discovered that …

Gene therapy with AR isoform 2 rescues spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy phenotype by modulating AR transcriptional activity

WF Lim, M Forouhan, TC Roberts, J Dabney… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an X-linked, adult-onset neuromuscular
condition caused by an abnormal polyglutamine (polyQ) tract expansion in androgen …

A magic drug target: Androgen receptor

D Li, W Zhou, J Pang, Q Tang, B Zhong… - Medicinal research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Androgen receptor (AR) is closely associated with a group of hormone‐related diseases
including the cancers of prostate, breast, ovary, pancreas, etc and anabolic deficiencies …

Eighty years of targeting androgen receptor activity in prostate cancer: the fight goes on

E Estébanez-Perpiñá, CL Bevan, IJ McEwan - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men world-wide,
with nearly 1.3 million new cases each year, and over the next twenty years the incidence …

Amorphous Fe0.8Mn0.2Ox-Catalyzed Four-Step Tandem Synthesis of Benzazoles from Alcohols and o-Substituted Anilines without Solvent

L Dong, J Qin, J Chen, M Chen, M Lv… - ACS Sustainable …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Benzazoles, as crucial intermediates, can be synthesized via a superior four-step tandem
catalytic process from benzyl alcohols and o-substituted anilines. However, the reported …