Regulation of mammalian autophagy in physiology and pathophysiology

B Ravikumar, S Sarkar, JE Davies… - Physiological …, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
(Macro) autophagy is a bulk degradation process that mediates the clearance of long-lived
proteins and organelles. Autophagy is initiated by double-membraned structures, which …

The roles of intracellular protein-degradation pathways in neurodegeneration

DC Rubinsztein - Nature, 2006 - nature.com
Many late-onset neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease and
Huntington's disease, are associated with the formation of intracellular aggregates by toxic …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular motors in neurons: transport mechanisms and roles in brain function, development, and disease

N Hirokawa, S Niwa, Y Tanaka - Neuron, 2010 - cell.com
The kinesin, dynein, and myosin superfamily molecular motors have fundamental roles in
neuronal function, plasticity, morphogenesis, and survival by transporting cargos such as …

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a distal axonopathy: evidence in mice and man

LR Fischer, DG Culver, P Tennant, AA Davis… - Experimental …, 2004 - Elsevier
The SOD1 mutant mouse is the most widely used model of human amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS). To determine where and when the pathological changes of motor neuron …

Unraveling the mechanisms involved in motor neuron degeneration in ALS

LI Bruijn, TM Miller, DW Cleveland - Annu. Rev. Neurosci., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Although Charcot described amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) more than 130
years ago, the mechanism underlying the characteristic selective degeneration and death of …

Axonal transport deficits and neurodegenerative diseases

S Millecamps, JP Julien - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2013 - nature.com
The intracellular transport of organelles along an axon is crucial for the maintenance and
function of a neuron. Anterograde axonal transport has a role in supplying proteins and …

[HTML][HTML] Huntingtin controls neurotrophic support and survival of neurons by enhancing BDNF vesicular transport along microtubules

LR Gauthier, BC Charrin, M Borrell-Pagès… - Cell, 2004 - cell.com
Polyglutamine expansion (polyQ) in the protein huntingtin is pathogenic and responsible for
the neuronal toxicity associated with Huntington's disease (HD). Although wild-type …

Axonal transport and neurological disease

JN Sleigh, AM Rossor, AD Fellows… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Axonal transport is the process whereby motor proteins actively navigate microtubules to
deliver diverse cargoes, such as organelles, from one end of the axon to the other, and is …

Molecular biology of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: insights from genetics

P Pasinelli, RH Brown - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2006 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a paralytic disorder caused by motor neuron
degeneration. Mutations in more than 50 human genes cause diverse types of motor neuron …

Neurodegenerative diseases: a decade of discoveries paves the way for therapeutic breakthroughs

MS Forman, JQ Trojanowski, VMY Lee - Nature medicine, 2004 - nature.com
A wide variety of neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by the accumulation of
intracellular or extracellular protein aggregates. More recently, the genetic identification of …