A new immunometabolic perspective of intervertebral disc degeneration

V Francisco, J Pino, MÁ González-Gay… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is a common finding on spine imaging that increases
in prevalence with age. IVD degeneration is a frequent cause of low back pain, which is a …

[HTML][HTML] Lysosome dysfunction as a cause of neurodegenerative diseases: Lessons from frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J Root, P Merino, A Nuckols, M Johnson… - Neurobiology of disease, 2021 - Elsevier
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are fatal
neurodegenerative disorders that are thought to exist on a clinical and pathological …

Neuroinflammation in frontotemporal dementia

F Bright, EL Werry, C Dobson-Stone, O Piguet… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) refers to a group of progressive neurodegenerative
disorders with different pathological signatures, genetic variability and complex disease …

The lysosomal function of progranulin, a guardian against neurodegeneration

DH Paushter, H Du, T Feng, F Hu - Acta neuropathologica, 2018 - Springer
Progranulin (PGRN), encoded by the GRN gene in humans, is a secreted growth factor
implicated in a multitude of processes ranging from regulation of inflammation to wound …

Molecular relationships among obesity, inflammation and intervertebral disc degeneration: are adipokines the common link?

C Ruiz-Fernández, V Francisco, J Pino, A Mera… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is a chronic, expensive, and high-incidence
musculoskeletal disorder largely responsible for back/neck and radicular-related pain. It is …

Insights into the role of progranulin in immunity, infection, and inflammation

J Jian, J Konopka, C Liu - Journal of leukocyte biology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Review on the role of progranulin in immunity, infection, and inflammation, and its
therapeutic potential in treating inflammatory conditions. PGRN, a pleiotrophic growth factor …

Progranulin: a new avenue towards the understanding and treatment of neurodegenerative disease

BP Chitramuthu, HPJ Bennett, A Bateman - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Progranulin, a secreted glycoprotein, is encoded in humans by the single GRN gene.
Progranulin consists of seven and a half, tandemly repeated, non-identical copies of the 12 …

Progranulin in neurodegenerative disease

TL Petkau, BR Leavitt - Trends in neurosciences, 2014 - cell.com
Loss-of-function mutations in the progranulin gene are a common cause of familial
frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The purpose of this review is to summarize the role of …

Progranulin deficiency exacerbates spinal cord injury by promoting neuroinflammation and cell apoptosis in mice

C Wang, L Zhang, JDLC Ndong… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Spinal cord injury (SCI) often results in significant and catastrophic dysfunction and
disability and imposes a huge economic burden on society. This study aimed to determine …

CSF progranulin increases in the course of Alzheimer's disease and is associated with sTREM 2, neurodegeneration and cognitive decline

M Suárez‐Calvet, A Capell… - EMBO molecular …, 2018 - embopress.org
Progranulin (PGRN) is predominantly expressed by microglia in the brain, and genetic and
experimental evidence suggests a critical role in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We asked …