HIV/Mtb co-infection: from the amplification of disease pathogenesis to an “emerging syndemic”

JM Azevedo-Pereira, D Pires, M Calado, M Mandal… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) are pathogens
responsible for millions of new infections each year; together, they cause high morbidity and …

Mechanisms of p53 degradation

CCK Chao - Clinica chimica acta, 2015 - Elsevier
The tumor suppressor p53 plays various functional roles in the cell by regulating multiple
regulatory signals that ensure adequate temporal and spatial responses to cellular stress …

[HTML][HTML] The role of ubiquitin modification in the regulation of p53

AK Hock, KH Vousden - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2014 - Elsevier
The p53 tumor suppressor protein is involved in regulating a wide variety of stress
responses, from senescence and apoptosis to more recently discovered roles in allowing …

NRF2 mediates melanoma addiction to GCDH by modulating apoptotic signalling

S Verma, D Crawford, A Khateb, Y Feng… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Tumour dependency on specific metabolic signals has been demonstrated and often guided
numerous therapeutic approaches. We identify melanoma addiction to the mitochondrial …

Curcumin inhibits HIV-1 by promoting Tat protein degradation

A Ali, AC Banerjea - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
HIV-1 Tat is an intrinsically unfolded protein playing a pivotal role in viral replication by
associating with TAR region of viral LTR. Unfolded proteins are degraded by 20S …

The characteristics and roles of β‐TrCP1/2 in carcinogenesis

Y Bi, D Cui, X **ong, Y Zhao - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
β‐transducin repeat‐containing protein (β‐TrCP), one of the well‐characterized F‐box
proteins, acts as a substrate receptor and constitutes an active SCFβ‐TrCP E3 ligase with a …

Functions of viroporins in the viral life cycle and their regulation of host cell responses

X **a, A Cheng, M Wang, X Ou, D Sun, S Mao… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Viroporins are virally encoded transmembrane proteins that are essential for viral
pathogenicity and can participate in various stages of the viral life cycle, thereby promoting …

The ubiquitin-conjugating system: multiple roles in viral replication and infection

A Calistri, D Munegato, I Carli, C Parolin, G Palù - Cells, 2014 - mdpi.com
Through the combined action of ubiquitinating and deubiquitinating enzymes, conjugation of
ubiquitin to a target protein acts as a reversible post-translational modification functionally …

Dodging the host interferon-stimulated gene mediated innate immunity by HIV-1: a brief update on intrinsic mechanisms and counter-mechanisms

K Chintala, K Mohareer, S Banerjee - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Host restriction factors affect different phases of a viral life cycle, contributing to innate
immunity as the first line of defense against viruses, including HIV-1. These restriction factors …

miRNA-98-5p targeting IGF2BP1 induces mesenchymal stem cell apoptosis by modulating PI3K/Akt and p53 in immune thrombocytopenia

Y Wang, J Zhang, Y Su, C Wang, G Zhang, X Liu… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2020 - cell.com
Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is a common hematological autoimmune disease, in which
defective mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are potentially involved. Our previous study …