A first line of stress defense: small heat shock proteins and their function in protein homeostasis

M Haslbeck, E Vierling - Journal of molecular biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are virtually ubiquitous molecular chaperones that can
prevent the irreversible aggregation of denaturing proteins. sHsps complex with a variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Small heat shock proteins: role in cellular functions and pathology

R Bakthisaran, R Tangirala, CM Rao - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2015 - Elsevier
Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are conserved across species and are important in stress
tolerance. Many sHsps exhibit chaperone-like activity in preventing aggregation of target …

Small heat shock proteins: Simplicity meets complexity

M Haslbeck, S Weinkauf, J Buchner - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are a ubiquitous and ancient family of ATP-independent
molecular chaperones. A key characteristic of sHsps is that they exist in ensembles of iso …

Small heat shock proteins and α-crystallins: dynamic proteins with flexible functions

E Basha, H O'Neill, E Vierling - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2012 - cell.com
The small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) and the related α-crystallins (αCs) are virtually
ubiquitous proteins that are strongly induced by a variety of stresses, but that also function …

Atomic view of a toxic amyloid small oligomer

A Laganowsky, C Liu, MR Sawaya, JP Whitelegge… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Amyloid diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and the prion conditions, are each
associated with a particular protein in fibrillar form. These amyloid fibrils were long …

Protein data bank: a comprehensive review of 3D structure holdings and worldwide utilization by researchers, educators, and students

SK Burley, HM Berman, JM Duarte, Z Feng, JW Flatt… - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB),
funded by the United States National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and …

Large potentials of small heat shock proteins

EV Mymrikov, AS Seit-Nebi… - Physiological …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Modern classification of the family of human small heat shock proteins (the so-called HSPB)
is presented, and the structure and properties of three members of this family are analyzed …

Small heat shock proteins, big impact on protein aggregation in neurodegenerative disease

JM Webster, AL Darling, VN Uversky… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Misfolding, aggregation, and aberrant accumulation of proteins are central components in
the progression of neurodegenerative disease. Cellular molecular chaperone systems …

Small heat shock proteins HSP27 (HspB1), αB-crystallin (HspB5) and HSP22 (HspB8) as regulators of cell death

J Acunzo, M Katsogiannou, P Rocchi - … journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2012 - Elsevier
Hsp27, αB-crystallin and HSP22 are ubiquitous small heat shock proteins (sHsp) whose
expression is induced in response to a wide variety of unfavorable physiological and …

[HTML][HTML] Aging of the eye: Lessons from cataracts and age-related macular degeneration

A Cvekl, J Vijg - Ageing Research Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Aging is the greatest risk factor for chronic human diseases, including many eye diseases.
Geroscience aims to understand the effects of the aging process on these diseases …