PROTAC targeted protein degraders: the past is prologue

M Békés, DR Langley, CM Crews - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is an emerging therapeutic modality with the potential to
tackle disease-causing proteins that have historically been highly challenging to target with …

Targeting ferroptosis opens new avenues for the development of novel therapeutics

S Sun, J Shen, J Jiang, F Wang, J Min - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of regulated cell death with distinct characteristics,
including altered iron homeostasis, reduced defense against oxidative stress, and abnormal …

Single-cell dissection of the human brain vasculature

FJ Garcia, N Sun, H Lee, B Godlewski, H Mathys… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the importance of the cerebrovasculature in maintaining normal brain physiology
and in understanding neurodegeneration and drug delivery to the central nervous system …

A biological classification of Huntington's disease: the Integrated Staging System

SJ Tabrizi, S Schobel, EC Gantman… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The current research paradigm for Huntington's disease is based on participants with overt
clinical phenotypes and does not address its pathophysiology nor the biomarker changes …

Blood-brain barrier: from physiology to disease and back

MD Sweeney, Z Zhao, A Montagne… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents neurotoxic plasma components, blood cells, and
pathogens from entering the brain. At the same time, the BBB regulates transport of …

Microglia-mediated neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative diseases

CS Subhramanyam, C Wang, Q Hu… - Seminars in cell & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Microglia, being the resident immune cells of the central nervous system, play an important
role in maintaining tissue homeostasis and contributes towards brain development under …

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 …

Gut–brain axis: role of gut microbiota on neurological disorders and how probiotics/prebiotics beneficially modulate microbial and immune pathways to improve brain …

K Suganya, BS Koo - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The gut microbiome acts as an integral part of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) that has the
largest and vulnerable surface with desirable features to observe foods, nutrients, and …

Lipopolysaccharide-induced neuroinflammation as a bridge to understand neurodegeneration

CRA Batista, GF Gomes, E Candelario-Jalil… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
A large body of experimental evidence suggests that neuroinflammation is a key
pathological event triggering and perpetuating the neurodegenerative process associated …

Dopamine: functions, signaling, and association with neurological diseases

MO Klein, DS Battagello, AR Cardoso… - Cellular and molecular …, 2019 - Springer
The dopaminergic system plays important roles in neuromodulation, such as motor control,
motivation, reward, cognitive function, maternal, and reproductive behaviors. Dopamine is a …