The Hsp70/Hsp90 chaperone machinery in neurodegenerative diseases

RE Lackie, A Maciejewski, VG Ostapchenko… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The accumulation of misfolded proteins in the human brain is one of the critical features of
many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Assembles of beta …

Physiological functions of the cellular prion protein

AR Castle, AC Gill - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The prion protein, PrPC, is a small, cell-surface glycoprotein notable primarily for its critical
role in pathogenesis of the neurodegenerative disorders known as prion diseases. A …

The biological function of the prion protein: a cell surface scaffold of signaling modules

R Linden - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The prion glycoprotein (PrPC) is mostly located at the cell surface, tethered to the plasma
membrane through a glycosyl-phosphatydil inositol (GPI) anchor. Misfolding of PrPC is …

Prion protein-mediated toxicity of amyloid-β oligomers requires lipid rafts and the transmembrane LRP1

JV Rushworth, HH Griffiths, NT Watt… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Soluble oligomers of the amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide cause neurotoxicity, synaptic dysfunction,
and memory impairments that underlie Alzheimer disease (AD). The cellular prion protein …

The α-secretase-derived N-terminal product of cellular prion, N1, displays neuroprotective function in vitro and in vivo

MV Guillot-Sestier, C Sunyach, C Druon… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Cellular prion protein (PrP c) undergoes a disintegrin-mediated physiological cleavage,
generating a soluble amino-terminal fragment (N1), the function of which remained …

Metabotropic glutamate receptors transduce signals for neurite outgrowth after binding of the prion protein to laminin γ1 chain.

FH Beraldo, CP Arantes, TG Santos… - FASEB …, 2011 - search.ebscohost.com
The prion protein (PrP< sup> C) is highly expressed in the nervous system, and its abnormal
conformer is associated with prion diseases. PrP< sup> C is anchored to cell membranes by …

p53 in neurodegenerative diseases and brain cancers

F Checler, CA da Costa - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2014 - Elsevier
More than thirty years elapsed since a protein, not yet called p53 at the time, was detected to
bind SV40 during viral infection. Thousands of papers later, p53 evolved as the main tumor …

Stress-induced phosphoprotein 1 as a secreted biomarker for human ovarian cancer promotes cancer cell proliferation

TH Wang, A Chao, CL Tsai, CL Chang, SH Chen… - Molecular & Cellular …, 2010 - ASBMB
Ovarian cancers are frequently not diagnosed until advanced stages, resulting in a high
case fatality rate. Because of this, more tumor markers, in addition to CA125, for detecting …

Prion protein: From physiology to cancer biology

M Mehrpour, P Codogno - Cancer letters, 2010 - Elsevier
Prion protein (PrPc) was originally viewed solely as being involved in prion disease, but now
several intriguing lines of evidence have emerged indicating that it plays a fundamental role …

Role of α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in calcium signaling induced by prion protein interaction with stress-inducible protein 1

FH Beraldo, CP Arantes, TG Santos… - Journal of Biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
The prion protein (PrP C) is a conserved glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored cell surface
protein expressed by neurons and other cells. Stress-inducible protein 1 (STI1) binds PrP C …