Pharmacological targeting of endoplasmic reticulum stress in disease

SJ Marciniak, JE Chambers, D Ron - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2022 - nature.com
The accumulation of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) leads to ER
stress, resulting in activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR) that aims to restore …

The unfolded protein response: controlling cell fate decisions under ER stress and beyond

C Hetz - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2012 - nature.com
Protein-folding stress at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a salient feature of specialized
secretory cells and is also involved in the pathogenesis of many human diseases. ER stress …

The unfolded protein response: from stress pathway to homeostatic regulation

P Walter, D Ron - science, 2011 - science.org
The vast majority of proteins that a cell secretes or displays on its surface first enter the
endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where they fold and assemble. Only properly assembled …

Protein folding and mechanisms of proteostasis

JF Díaz-Villanueva, R Díaz-Molina… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Highly sophisticated mechanisms that modulate protein structure and function, which involve
synthesis and degradation, have evolved to maintain cellular homeostasis. Perturbations in …

Pharmacological targeting of IRE1 in cancer

DP Raymundo, D Doultsinos, X Guillory, A Carlesso… - Trends in cancer, 2020 - cell.com
IRE1α (inositol requiring enzyme 1 alpha) is one of the main transducers of the unfolded
protein response (UPR). IRE1α plays instrumental protumoral roles in several cancers, and …

Targeting the IRE1α–XBP1 branch of the unfolded protein response in human diseases

D Jiang, M Niwa, AC Koong - Seminars in cancer biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Accumulation of unfolded or misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) leads to
ER stress, which is characteristic of cells with high level of secretory activity and implicated …

Structural basis of the unfolded protein response

A Korennykh, P Walter - Annual review of cell and …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The unfolded protein response (UPR) is a network of intracellular signaling pathways that
maintain the protein-folding capacity of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in eukaryotic cells …

Druggable sensors of the unfolded protein response

DJ Maly, FR Papa - Nature chemical biology, 2014 - nature.com
The inability of cells to properly fold, modify and assemble secretory and transmembrane
proteins leads to accumulation of misfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) …

[HTML][HTML] Role of endoplasmic reticulum stress sensor IRE1α in cellular physiology, calcium, ROS signaling, and metaflammation

TA Riaz, RP Junjappa, M Handigund, J Ferdous… - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Inositol-requiring transmembrane kinase endoribonuclease-1α (IRE1α) is the most
prominent and evolutionarily conserved unfolded protein response (UPR) signal transducer …

Structural basis for the non-catalytic functions of protein kinases

JE Kung, N Jura - Structure, 2016 - cell.com
Protein kinases are known primarily for their ability to phosphorylate protein substrates,
which constitutes an essential biological process. Recently, compelling evidence has …