Potential roles of the endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

YM Jeon, Y Kwon, S Lee, HJ Kim - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a major organelle involved in protein quality control and
cellular homeostasis. ER stress results from structural and functional dysfunction of the …

Cheminformatics-based identification of phosphorylated RET tyrosine kinase inhibitors for human cancer

MEK Talukder, M Aktaruzzaman, NH Siddiquee… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Background Rearranged during transfection (RET), an oncogenic protein, is associated with
various cancers, including non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), papillary thyroid cancer …

Structure restoration and aggregate inhibition of V30M mutant transthyretin protein by potential quinoline molecules

S Kumar, VK Bhardwaj, R Singh, R Purohit - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Transthyretin (TTR) is a tetrameric protein found in human plasma and cerebrospinal fluid
that functions as a transporter of thyroxine (T4) and retinol. A mutation resulting in the …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual screening-based drug development for the treatment of nervous system diseases

Q Li, Z Ma, S Qin, WJ Zhao - Current Neuropharmacology, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The incidence rate of nervous system diseases has increased in recent years. Nerve injury
or neurodegenerative diseases usually cause neuronal loss and neuronal circuit damage …

Mechanism exploration of amyloid-β-42 disaggregation by single-chain variable fragments of Alzheimer's disease therapeutic antibodies

X Fan, L Xu, J Zhang, Y Wang, Z Wu, W Sun… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a specific neurodegenerative disease. This study adopts single-
chain variable fragments (scFvs) as a potential immunotherapeutic precursor for AD …

Neuropharmacological assessment and identification of possible lead compound (apomorphine) from Hygrophila spinosa through in-vivo and in-silico approaches

MJ Uddin, SI Niloy, M Aktaruzzaman… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this research is to examine possible neurological activity of methanol, ethyl
acetate, and aqueous extracts of Hygrophila spinosa and identify possible lead compounds …

[HTML][HTML] Histidine tautomerism dependent conformational transitions driven aggregation of profilin-1: Implications in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

G Muneeswaran, JY Lee - International Journal of Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Aggregation of profilin-1 (PFN1) causes a fatal neurodegenerative disease, familial
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (fALS). Histidine (His) tautomerism has been linked to the …

Novel in-frame duplication variant characterization in late infantile metachromatic leukodystrophy using whole-exome sequencing and molecular dynamics simulation

Z Ataei, Z Nouri, F Tavakoli, MR Pourreza, S Narrei… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a neurodegenerative lysosomal storage disease
caused by a deficiency in the arylsulfatase A (ARSA). ARSA deficiency leads to sulfatide …

Comparative molecular dynamics analyses on PIK3CA hotspot mutations with PI3Kα specific inhibitors and ATP

M Menteş, BB Karakuzulu, GB Uçar… - Computational Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
PI3K pathway is heavily emphasized in cancer where PIK3CA, which encodes for the p110α
subunit of PI3Kα, presents itself as the second most common mutated gene. A lot of effort …

Computational study of the motor neuron protein KIF5A to identify nsSNPs, bioactive compounds, and its key regulators

R Kumar, T Madhavan, K Ponnusamy, H Sohn… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Kinesin family member 5A (KIF5A) is a motor neuron protein expressed in
neurons and involved in anterograde transportation of organelles, proteins, and RNA …