The emerging role of mass spectrometry-based proteomics in drug discovery

F Meissner, J Geddes-McAlister, M Mann… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
Proteins are the main targets of most drugs; however, system-wide methods to monitor
protein activity and function are still underused in drug discovery. Novel biochemical …

Mass-spectrometric exploration of proteome structure and function

R Aebersold, M Mann - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Numerous biological processes are concurrently and coordinately active in every living cell.
Each of them encompasses synthetic, catalytic and regulatory functions that are, almost …

Ubiquitin modifications

KN Swatek, D Komander - Cell research, 2016 - nature.com
Protein ubiquitination is a dynamic multifaceted post-translational modification involved in
nearly all aspects of eukaryotic biology. Once attached to a substrate, the 76-amino acid …

Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)1

DJ Klionsky, AK Abdel-Aziz, S Abdelfatah, M Abdellatif… - autophagy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In 2008, we published the first set of guidelines for standardizing research in autophagy.
Since then, this topic has received increasing attention, and many scientists have entered …

Mitochondrial ROS promotes susceptibility to infection via gasdermin D-mediated necroptosis

CG Weindel, EL Martinez, X Zhao, CJ Mabry, SL Bell… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Although mutations in mitochondrial-associated genes are linked to inflammation and
susceptibility to infection, their mechanistic contributions to immune outcomes remain ill …

Mechanisms of autophagy–lysosome dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases

RA Nixon, DC Rubinsztein - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Autophagy is a lysosome-based degradative process used to recycle obsolete cellular
constituents and eliminate damaged organelles and aggregate-prone proteins. Their …

Protein transmission in neurodegenerative disease

C Peng, JQ Trojanowski, VMY Lee - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
Most neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the intracellular or extracellular
aggregation of misfolded proteins such as amyloid-β and tau in Alzheimer disease, α …

LRRK2 in Parkinson disease: challenges of clinical trials

E Tolosa, M Vila, C Klein, O Rascol - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2020 - nature.com
One of the most common monogenic forms of Parkinson disease (PD) is caused by
mutations in the LRRK2 gene that encodes leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2). LRRK2 …

Selective motor activation in organelle transport along axons

SE Cason, ELF Holzbaur - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
The active transport of organelles and other cargos along the axon is required to maintain
neuronal health and function, but we are just beginning to understand the complex …

Rab family of small GTPases: an updated view on their regulation and functions

Y Homma, S Hiragi, M Fukuda - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Rab family of small GTPases regulates intracellular membrane trafficking by
orchestrating the biogenesis, transport, tethering, and fusion of membrane‐bound …