Heat shock proteins: Biological functions, pathological roles, and therapeutic opportunities

C Hu, J Yang, Z Qi, H Wu, B Wang, F Zou, H Mei… - MedComm, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The heat shock proteins (HSPs) are ubiquitous and conserved protein families in both
prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, and they maintain cellular proteostasis and protect …

[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 …

Modulation of cardiac contractility by the phopholamban/SERCA2a regulatome

EG Kranias, RJ Hajjar - Circulation research, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Heart disease remains the leading cause of death and disability in the Western world.
Current therapies aim at treating the symptoms rather than the subcellular mechanisms …

MicroRNA-320 is involved in the regulation of cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury by targeting heat-shock protein 20

XP Ren, J Wu, X Wang, MA Sartor, J Qian, K Jones… - Circulation, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Recent studies have identified critical roles for microRNAs (miRNAs) in a
variety of cellular processes, including regulation of cardiomyocyte death. However, the …

Heat shock proteins in oxidative stress and ischemia/reperfusion injury and benefits from physical exercises: a review to the current knowledge

J Szyller, I Bil-Lula - Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are molecular chaperones produced in response to oxidative
stress (OS). These proteins are involved in the folding of newly synthesized proteins 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 …

Hsp20-mediated activation of exosome biogenesis in cardiomyocytes improves cardiac function and angiogenesis in diabetic mice

X Wang, H Gu, W Huang, J Peng, Y Li, L Yang… - Diabetes, 2016 - Am Diabetes Assoc
Decreased heat shock protein (Hsp) expression in type 1 and type 2 diabetes has been
implicated as a primary factor contributing to diabetes-induced organ damage. We recently …

The innate immune response in reperfused myocardium

L Timmers, G Pasterkamp, VC de Hoog… - Cardiovascular …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
One of the major therapeutic challenges in the arena of interventional cardiology is to design
strategies aimed at reducing myocardial tissue damage after myocardial infarction. In …

Stress biomarkers and proteomics alteration to thermal stress in ruminants: A review

SA Abdelnour, ME Abd El-Hack, AF Khafaga… - Journal of thermal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heat stress may adversely affect physiochemical and immune responses of livestock and
alter biological functions. The comfort or thermoneutral zone for livestock, which has long …

MicroRNA-494 targeting both proapoptotic and antiapoptotic proteins protects against ischemia/reperfusion-induced cardiac injury

X Wang, X Zhang, XP Ren, J Chen, H Liu, J Yang… - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—MicroRNAs (miRs) participate in many cardiac pathophysiological processes,
including ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced cardiac injury. Recently, we and others …