Metabolism pathways of arachidonic acids: mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets

B Wang, L Wu, J Chen, L Dong, C Chen… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
The arachidonic acid (AA) pathway plays a key role in cardiovascular biology,
carcinogenesis, and many inflammatory diseases, such as asthma, arthritis, etc. Esterified …

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors and their novel ligands as candidates for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

A Fougerat, A Montagner, N Loiseau, H Guillou… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a major health issue worldwide, frequently
associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes. Steatosis is the initial stage of the disease …

Activation of PPARα enhances astroglial uptake and degradation of β-amyloid

S Raha, A Ghosh, D Dutta, DR Patel, K Pahan - Science signaling, 2021 - science.org
Astrocytes are a type of glial cell that are activated in the brain tissue of patients with
Alzheimer's disease to induce the accumulation of amyloid (Aβ). We previously found that a …

[HTML][HTML] Cinnamic acid activates PPARα to stimulate Lysosomal biogenesis and lower Amyloid plaque pathology in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model

S Chandra, A Roy, M Jana, K Pahan - Neurobiology of disease, 2019 - Elsevier
The response of the lysosomes, the waste clearance machinery of the cell, to different
environmental stimuli is coordinated by a gene network with a master regulator Transcription …

Visible light-driven conjunctive olefination

D Filippini, M Silvi - Nature Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Carboxylic acids and aldehydes are ubiquitous in chemistry and are native functionalities in
many bioactive molecules and natural products. As such, a general cross-coupling process …

Treadmill exercise reduces α-synuclein spreading via PPARα

D Dutta, RK Paidi, S Raha, A Roy, S Chandra, K Pahan - Cell reports, 2022 - cell.com
This study underlines the importance of treadmill exercise in reducing α-synuclein (α-syn)
spreading in the A53T brain and protecting nigral dopaminergic neurons. Preformed α-syn …

Activation of PPARα exhibits therapeutic efficacy in a mouse model of juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis

M Jana, D Dutta, J Poddar, K Pahan - Journal of Neuroscience, 2023 - Soc Neuroscience
Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) is a fatal inherited neurodegenerative
disease of children that occurs because of defective function of the lysosomal membrane …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of cyclic AMP response element binding and hippocampal plasticity-related genes by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α

A Roy, M Jana, GT Corbett, S Ramaswamy… - Cell reports, 2013 - cell.com
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) is a transcription factor that regulates
genes involved in fatty acid catabolism. Here, we provide evidence that PPARα is …

Activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α induces lysosomal biogenesis in brain cells: implications for lysosomal storage disorders

A Ghosh, M Jana, K Modi, FJ Gonzalez, KB Sims… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
Lysosomes are ubiquitous membrane-enclosed organelles filled with an acidic interior and
are central to the autophagic, endocytic, or phagocytic pathway. In contrast to its classical …

Iterative One-Carbon Homologation of Unmodified Carboxylic Acids

E Wheatley, H Melnychenko, M Silvi - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The one-carbon homologation of carboxylic acids is a valuable route to construct families of
homologues, which play fundamental roles in chemistry and biology. However, known …