Cellular sources of TSPO expression in healthy and diseased brain

E Nutma, K Ceyzériat, S Amor, S Tsartsalis… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO) is a highly conserved protein located in the outer
mitochondrial membrane. TSPO binding, as measured with positron emission tomography …

Anxiety and brain mitochondria: a bidirectional crosstalk

MD Filiou, C Sandi - Trends in neurosciences, 2019 - cell.com
Accumulating data highlight the contribution of brain mitochondria and bioenergetics to
psychiatric disorders and stress-related pathologies. Although anxiety has not received …

Mitochondrial dynamics and psychiatric disorders: The missing link

MP Papageorgiou, MD Filiou - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of psychopathology is crucial for optimized diagnosis
and treatment. Accumulating literature has underlined how mitochondrial bioenergetics …

Translocator protein (18 kDa): an update on its function in steroidogenesis

V Papadopoulos, J Fan, B Zirkin - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Translocator protein (18 kDa)(TSPO) is a ubiquitous mitochondrial protein. Studies of its
responses to drug and endogenous ligands have shown TSPO to be involved either directly …

Microglial pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory phenotypes are modulated by translocator protein activation

E Da Pozzo, C Tremolanti, B Costa… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
A key role of the mitochondrial Translocator Protein 18 KDa (TSPO) in neuroinflammation
has been recently proposed. However, little is known about TSPO-activated pathways …

TSPO mutations in rats and a human polymorphism impair the rate of steroid synthesis

DR Owen, J Fan, E Campioli, S Venugopal… - Biochemical …, 2017 - portlandpress.com
The 18 kDa translocator protein (TSPO) is a ubiquitous conserved outer mitochondrial
membrane protein implicated in numerous cell and tissue functions, including steroid …

Endozepines and their receptors: structure, functions and pathophysiological significance

MC Tonon, H Vaudry, J Chuquet, F Guillebaud… - Pharmacology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
The existence of specific binding sites for benzodiazepines (BZs) in the brain has prompted
the search for endogenous BZ receptor ligands designated by the generic term …

An update into the medicinal chemistry of translocator protein (TSPO) ligands

E Barresi, M Robello, B Costa, E Da Pozzo… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Translocator Protein 18 kDa (TSPO) has been discovered in 1977 as an
alternative binding site for the benzodiazepine diazepam. It is an evolutionary well …

Aldo-Keto Reductase 1C1 (AKR1C1) as the First Mutated Gene in a Family with Nonsyndromic Primary Lipedema

S Michelini, P Chiurazzi, V Marino, D Dell'Orco… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lipedema is an often underdiagnosed chronic disorder that affects subcutaneous adipose
tissue almost exclusively in women, which leads to disproportionate fat accumulation in the …

Cardiac-specific conditional knockout of the 18-kDa mitochondrial translocator protein protects from pressure overload induced heart failure

PN Thai, DJ Daugherty, BJ Frederich, X Lu, W Deng… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Heart failure (HF) is characterized by abnormal mitochondrial calcium (Ca2+) handling,
energy failure and impaired mitophagy resulting in contractile dysfunction and myocyte …