Breaking BAG: the co-chaperone BAG3 in health and disease

C Behl - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2016 - cell.com
Human BAG (Bcl-2-associated athanogene) proteins form a family of antiapoptotic proteins
that currently consists of six members (BAG1–6) all sharing the BAG protein domain from …

The role of the multifunctional BAG3 protein in cellular protein quality control and in disease

E Stürner, C Behl - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2017 - frontiersin.org
In neurons, but also in all other cells the complex proteostasis network is monitored and
tightly regulated by the cellular protein quality control (PQC) system. Beyond folding of newly …

The role of autophagy in cardiovascular pathology

D Gatica, M Chiong, S Lavandero… - Cardiovascular …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Macroautophagy/autophagy is a conserved catabolic recycling pathway in which
cytoplasmic components are sequestered, degraded, and recycled to survive various stress …

[HTML][HTML] BAG3 overexpression and cytoprotective autophagy mediate apoptosis resistance in chemoresistant breast cancer cells

CK Das, B Linder, F Bonn, F Rothweiler, I Dikic… - Neoplasia, 2018 - Elsevier
Target-specific treatment modalities are currently not available for triple-negative breast
cancer (TNBC), and acquired chemotherapy resistance is a primary obstacle for the …

Evidence for the role of BAG3 in mitochondrial quality control in cardiomyocytes

FG Tahrir, T Knezevic, MK Gupta… - Journal of cellular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondrial abnormalities impact the development of myofibrillar myopathies. Therefore,
understanding the mechanisms underlying the removal of dysfunctional mitochondria from …

BAG3 promotes autophagy and glutaminolysis via stabilizing glutaminase

S Zhao, JM Wang, J Yan, DL Zhang, BQ Liu… - Cell Death & …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Bcl-2 associated athanogene 3 (BAG3) is an important molecule that maintains
oncogenic features of cancer cells via diverse mechanisms. One of the important functions …

Baicalin induces cell death of non-small cell lung cancer cells via MCOLN3-mediated lysosomal dysfunction and autophagy blockage

X Dong, X Liu, D Lin, L Zhang, Y Wu, Y Chang, M **… - Phytomedicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for 85% of lung cancer,
becoming the most mortality of all cancers globally. Blockage of autophagy in NSCLC …

Reciprocal crosstalk between autophagic and endocrine signaling in metabolic homeostasis

RA Sinha, BK Singh, PM Yen - Endocrine reviews, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Autophagy is a cellular quality control and energy-providing process that is under strict
control by intra-and extracellular stimuli. Recently, there has been an exponential increase …

Oligodendroglia-derived extracellular vesicles activate autophagy via LC3B/BAG3 to protect against oxidative stress with an enhanced effect for HSPB8 enriched …

B Van den Broek, C Wuyts, A Sisto, I Pintelon… - Cell Communication and …, 2022 - Springer
Background The contribution of native or modified oligodendroglia-derived extracellular
vesicles (OL-EVs) in controlling chronic inflammation is poorly understood. In activated …

The multifunctional protein BAG3: a novel therapeutic target in cardiovascular disease

VD Myers, JM McClung, JF Wang, FG Tahrir… - JACC: Basic to …, 2018 - jacc.org
The B-cell lymphoma 2–associated anthanogene (BAG3) protein is expressed most
prominently in the heart, the skeletal muscle, and in many forms of cancer. In the heart, it …