History and progress of hypotheses and clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease

PP Liu, Y **e, XY Meng, JS Kang - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2019 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive
memory loss along with neuropsychiatric symptoms and a decline in activities of daily life. Its …

Phosphatidylethanolamine metabolism in health and disease

E Calzada, O Onguka, SM Claypool - … review of cell and molecular biology, 2016 - Elsevier
Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) is the second most abundant glycerophospholipid in
eukaryotic cells. The existence of four only partially redundant biochemical pathways that …

The substrate repertoire of γ-secretase/presenilin

G Güner, SF Lichtenthaler - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2020 - Elsevier
The intramembrane protease γ-secretase is a hetero-tetrameric protein complex with
presenilin as the catalytic subunit and cleaves its membrane protein substrates within their …

MAM (mitochondria-associated membranes) in mammalian cells: lipids and beyond

JE Vance - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2014 - Elsevier
One mechanism by which communication between the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and
mitochondria is achieved is by close juxtaposition between these organelles via …

Upregulated function of mitochondria‐associated ER membranes in Alzheimer disease

E Area‐Gomez, M del Carmen Lara Castillo… - The EMBO …, 2012 - embopress.org
Alzheimer disease (AD) is associated with aberrant processing of the amyloid precursor
protein (APP) by γ‐secretase, via an unknown mechanism. We recently showed that …

The N‐end rule pathway and regulation by proteolysis

A Varshavsky - Protein science, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The N‐end rule relates the regulation of the in vivo half‐life of a protein to the identity of its N‐
terminal residue. Degradation signals (degrons) that are targeted by the N‐end rule pathway …

EMT, the cytoskeleton, and cancer cell invasion

M Yilmaz, G Christofori - Cancer and metastasis reviews, 2009 - Springer
The metastatic process, ie the dissemination of cancer cells throughout the body to seed
secondary tumors at distant sites, requires cancer cells to leave the primary tumor and to …

Convergence of Wnt, ß-catenin, and cadherin pathways

WJ Nelson, R Nusse - Science, 2004 - science.org
The specification and proper arrangements of new cell types during tissue differentiation
require the coordinated regulation of gene expression and precise interactions between …

The cell-cell adhesion molecule E-cadherin

F Van Roy, G Berx - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2008 - Springer
This review is dedicated to E-cadherin, a calcium-dependent cell-cell adhesion molecule
with pivotal roles in epithelial cell behavior, tissue formation, and suppression of cancer. As …

Endothelial cell-to-cell junctions: molecular organization and role in vascular homeostasis

G Bazzoni, E Dejana - Physiological reviews, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
Intercellular junctions mediate adhesion and communication between adjoining endothelial
and epithelial cells. In the endothelium, junctional complexes comprise tight junctions …