The multifaceted role of heme in cancer

V Fiorito, D Chiabrando, S Petrillo, F Bertino… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Heme, an iron-containing porphyrin, is of vital importance for cells due to its involvement in
several biological processes, including oxygen transport, energy production and drug …

Heme metabolism in nonerythroid cells

LS Dunaway, SA Loeb, S Petrillo, E Tolosano… - Journal of Biological …, 2024 - jbc.org
Heme is an iron-containing prosthetic group necessary for the function of several proteins
termed" hemoproteins." Erythrocytes contain most of the body's heme in the form of …

Heme accumulation in endothelial cells impairs angiogenesis by triggering paraptosis

S Petrillo, D Chiabrando, T Genova, V Fiorito… - Cell Death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Heme is required for cell respiration and survival. Nevertheless, its intracellular levels need
to be finely regulated to avoid heme excess, which may catalyze the production of reactive …

Genetic landscape of congenital insensitivity to pain and hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies

A Lischka, K Eggermann, CJ Record, MF Dohrn… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Congenital insensitivity to pain (CIP) and hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathies
(HSAN) are clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorders exclusively or predominantly …

Unraveling the role of heme in neurodegeneration

D Chiabrando, V Fiorito, S Petrillo… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Heme (iron-protoporphyrin IX) is an essential co-factor involved in several biological
processes, including neuronal survival and differentiation. Nevertheless, an excess of free …

Findings from a genoty** study of over 1000 people with inherited retinal disorders in Ireland

L Whelan, A Dockery, N Wynne, J Zhu, K Stephenson… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Irish national registry for inherited retinal degenerations (Target 5000) is a clinical and
scientific program to identify individuals in Ireland with inherited retinal disorders and to …

Unearthing FLVCR1a: tracing the path to a vital cellular transporter

V Fiorito, E Tolosano - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The Feline Leukemia Virus Subgroup C Receptor 1a (FLVCR1a) is a member of the
SLC49 Major Facilitator Superfamily of transporters. Initially recognized as the receptor for …

Mitochondrial targeting in neurodegeneration: a heme perspective

V Fiorito, D Chiabrando, E Tolosano - Pharmaceuticals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Mitochondrial dysfunction has achieved an increasing interest in the field of
neurodegeneration as a pathological hallmark for different disorders. The impact of …

Novel mutations in FLVCR1 cause tremors, sensory neuropathy with retinitis pigmentosa

Z Li, Y Li, X Chu, K Du, Y Tang, Z **e, M Yu… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The mutations of the feline leukemia virus subgroup C receptor‐related protein 1 (FLVCR1)
cause ataxia with retinitis pigmentosa. Recent studies indicated a large variation in the …

Coexistence of Retinitis Pigmentosa and Ataxia in Patients with PHARC, PCARP, and Oliver–McFarlane Syndromes

A Wawrocka, J Walczak-Sztulpa, L Kuszel… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited retinal dystrophy caused by the loss of
photoreceptors and retinal pigment epithelial atrophy, leading to severe visual impairment or …