Lactate metabolism in human health and disease

X Li, Y Yang, B Zhang, X Lin, X Fu, Y An… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The current understanding of lactate extends from its origins as a byproduct of glycolysis to
its role in tumor metabolism, as identified by studies on the Warburg effect. The lactate …

Lactic acid: no longer an inert and end-product of glycolysis

S Sun, H Li, J Chen, Q Qian - Physiology, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
For decades, lactic acid has been considered a dead-end product of glycolysis. Research in
the last 20+ years has shown otherwise. Through its transporters (MCTs) and receptor …

Molecular aspects of bacterial pH sensing and homeostasis

TA Krulwich, G Sachs, E Padan - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2011 - nature.com
Diverse mechanisms for pH sensing and cytoplasmic pH homeostasis enable most bacteria
to tolerate or grow at external pH values that are outside the cytoplasmic pH range they must …

Identification of common variants associated with human hippocampal and intracranial volumes

JL Stein, SE Medland, AA Vasquez, DP Hibar… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Identifying genetic variants influencing human brain structures may reveal new biological
mechanisms underlying cognition and neuropsychiatric illness. The volume of the …

Programmable pH-triggered DNA nanoswitches

A Idili, A Vallée-Bélisle, F Ricci - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2014 - ACS Publications
We have designed programmable DNA-based nanoswitches whose closing/opening can be
triggered over specific different pH windows. These nanoswitches form an intramolecular …

Structure and mechanism of the human NHE1-CHP1 complex

Y Dong, Y Gao, A Ilie, DS Kim, A Boucher, B Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Sodium/proton exchanger 1 (NHE1) is an electroneutral secondary active
transporter present on the plasma membrane of most mammalian cells and plays critical …

Structure, mechanism and lipid-mediated remodeling of the mammalian Na+/H+ exchanger NHA2

R Matsuoka, R Fudim, S Jung, C Zhang… - Nature Structural & …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The Na+/H+ exchanger SLC9B2, also known as NHA2, correlates with the long-
sought-after Na+/Li+ exchanger linked to the pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus and …

Regulation of intracellular and mitochondrial sodium in health and disease

E Murphy, DA Eisner - Circulation research, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
The transmembrane sodium gradient is essential for both excitability of the cardiac cell and
the regulation of the cytoplasmic concentrations of Ca and protons. In addition, movements …

NADPH oxidases in lung biology and pathology: host defense enzymes, and more

A van der Vliet - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
The deliberate production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by phagocyte NADPH oxidase
is widely appreciated as a critical component of antimicrobial host defense. Recently …

Structure and elevator mechanism of the mammalian sodium/proton exchanger NHE9

I Winkelmann, R Matsuoka, PF Meier, D Shutin… - The EMBO …, 2020 - embopress.org
Abstract Na+/H+ exchangers (NHEs) are ancient membrane‐bound nanomachines that
work to regulate intracellular pH, sodium levels and cell volume. NHE activities contribute to …