Oligomerization of G protein-coupled receptors: Still doubted?

abstract：:Viruses have evolved to exploit the vast complexity of cellular processes for their success within the host cell. The entry mechanisms of enveloped viruses (viruses with a surrounding outer lipid bilayer membrane) are usually classified as being either endocytotic or fusogenic. Different mechanisms have been proposed ...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Vancini R,Hernandez R,Brown D

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human placenta is a unique organ that performs the function of the majority of fetal organs across gestation. How the placenta communicates with maternal tissues to prepare them for pregnancy is not fully understood. Recently, it has been established that placental cells can communicate with maternal tissues to re...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Salomon C,Rice GE

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arrestins are a small protein family with only four members in mammals. Arrestins demonstrate an amazing versatility, interacting with hundreds of different G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) subtypes, numerous nonreceptor signaling proteins, and components of the internalization machinery, as well as cytoskeletal elem...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Gurevich VV,Gurevich EV

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathologic aggregates of tau protein are observed in several neurodegenerative diseases and are used to diagnose and stage disease postmortem. Recent advances in positron emission tomography radioligands allow for the detection of aggregated tau proteins in living persons. This chapter describes the development and ch...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Betthauser TJ

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein misfolding and aggregation of amyloid proteins is the fundamental cause of more than 20 diseases. Molecular mechanisms of the self-assembly and the formation of the toxic aggregates are still elusive. Computer simulations have been intensively used to study the aggregation of amyloid peptides of various amino ...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Nguyen PH,Sterpone F,Derreumaux P

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia and sixth cause of death in elderly adults. AD poses a huge economic burden on society and constitutes an unprecedented challenge for caregivers and families affected. Aging of the population is projected to drastically aggravate the situation in the near futur...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Di Meco A,Vassar R

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli contains a large number of suicide or toxin genes, whose expression leads to cell growth arrest and eventual cell death. One such toxin, MazF, is an ACA-specific endoribonuclease, termed "mRNA interferase."E. coli contains other mRNA interferases with different sequence specificities, which are consid...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Yamaguchi Y,Inouye M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic imprinting is the phenomenon where the expression of a locus differs between the maternally and paternally inherited alleles. Typically, this manifests as transcriptional silencing of one of the alleles, although many genes are imprinted in a tissue- or isoform-specific manner. Diseases associated with imprint...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Wilkins JF,Úbeda F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that is characterized histopathologically by the presence of plaques, mainly composed of Abeta amyloid and the tangles, mainly composed of hyperphosphorylated tau. To date, there is no treatment that can reverse the disease, and all the current therapeutic...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Corbo CP,Alonso Adel C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadherin-based cell-cell adhesions are dynamic structures that mediate tissue organization and morphogenesis. They link cells together, mediate cell-cell recognition, and influence cell shape, motility, proliferation, and differentiation. At the cellular level, operation of classical cadherin adhesion systems is coord...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Ratheesh A,Priya R,Yap AS

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the major form of dementia and a growing epidemic for which no disease-modifying treatments exist. AD is characterized by the early loss of synapses in the brain and, at later stages, neuronal death accompanied with progressive loss of cognitive functions. Here we focus on the mechanisms in...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Loera-Valencia R,Ismail MA,Nilsson P,Winblad B

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) devastates 6.3 million people, ranking it as one of the most prevalent neurodegenerative motor disorders worldwide. PD patients may manifest symptoms of postural instability, bradykinesia, and resting tremors as a result of increasing α-synuclein aggregation and neuron death with disease progr...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Shams R,Banik NL,Haque A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle and white adipose tissue are the largest organs in the human body and both tissues act as endocrine organs capable of secreting many bioactive molecules. There has been some confusion about nomenclature and we suggest that the name myokine should be restricted to a protein or molecule secreted from myo...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Görgens SW,Eckardt K,Jensen J,Drevon CA,Eckel J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt family of secreted glycoproteins participates in a wide array of biological processes, including cellular differentiation, proliferation, survival, apoptosis, adhesion, angiogenesis, hypertrophy, and aging. The canonical Wnt signaling primarily utilizes β-catenin-mediated activation of transcription, while the...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Flaherty MP,Kamerzell TJ,Dawn B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal growth results from multifactorial and complex processes that take place in the context of different genetic traits and environmental influences. Thus, in view of the difficulties in comprehension of the physiological mechanisms involved in the achievement of normal height, our ability to make a definitiv...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Fideleff HL,Boquete HR,Suárez MG,Azaretzky M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As obligate parasites of cellular processes, viruses must take over cellular macromolecular machinery. It is also becoming clear that viruses routinely control intracellular signaling pathways through the direct or indirect control of kinases and phosphatases. This control of cellular phosphoproteins is important to p...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Dunn EF,Connor JH

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are cylinder-shaped allotropic forms of carbon, most widely produced under chemical vapor deposition. They possess astounding chemical, electronic, mechanical, and optical properties. Being among the most promising materials in nanotechnology, they are also likely to revolutionize medicine. Amo...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Gomez-Gualdrón DA,Burgos JC,Yu J,Balbuena PB

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In eukaryotes, methylation of nucleosomal histones and other nuclear proteins is a central aspect of chromatin structure and dynamics. The past 15 years have seen an enormous advance in our understanding of the biochemistry of these modifications, and of their role in establishing the epigenetic code. We provide a syn...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Aravind L,Abhiman S,Iyer LM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herpesviruses are an ancient group which have exploited gene capture of multiple cellular modulators of the immune response. Viral homologues of 7 transmembrane receptors (v7TMRs) are a consistent feature of beta- and gammaherpesviruses; the majority of the v7TMRs are homologous to cellular chemokine receptors (CKRs)....

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Mølleskov-Jensen AS,Oliveira MT,Farrell HE,Davis-Poynter N

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hair follicle has been known, since 1990, to contain stem cells located in the bulge area. In 2003, we reported a new type of stem cell in the hair follicle that expresses the brain stem-cell marker nestin. We have termed these cells as hair-follicle-associated pluripotent (HAP) stem cells. HAP stem cells can diff...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Hoffman RM,Amoh Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-surface receptors govern the critical information passage from outside to inside the cell and hence control important cellular decisions such as survival, growth, and differentiation. These receptors, structurally grouped into different families, utilize common intracellular signaling-proteins and pathways, yet p...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Girnita L,Takahashi SI,Crudden C,Fukushima T,Worrall C,Furuta H,Yoshihara H,Hakuno F,Girnita A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A metaplastic change where normal squamous mucosa of the esophagus is replaced by columnar mucosa is considered an adaptive process to withstand the chronic gastroesophageal reflux injury. However, this phenotypic switch in the esophageal mucosa is associated with an increased propensity to undergo neoplastic transfor...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Singh A,Demars C,Buttar NS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery of specialized T cells with regulatory function, harnessing the power of these cells to ameliorate autoimmunity has been a major goal. Here we collate the evidence that regulatory T cells (Treg) can inhibit Type 1 diabetes in animal models and humans. We discuss the anatomical sites and molecular m...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Ovcinnikovs V,Walker LS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past two decades, new technologies enabling targeted modification of plant genomes have been developed. Among these are zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs) which are composed of engineered zinc-finger DNA-binding domains fused with a nuclease, generally the FokI nuclease. The zinc-finger domains are composed of a se...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Davies JP,Kumar S,Sastry-Dent L

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipofuscin is highly fluorescent material, formed in several tissues but best studied in the eye. The accumulation of lipofuscin in the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) is a hallmark of aging in the eye and has been implicated in various retinal degenerations, including age-related macular degeneration. The bis-retino...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Crouch RK,Koutalos Y,Kono M,Schey K,Ablonczy Z

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal pregnancy is associated with marked hemodynamic and uterine changes that allow adequate uteroplacental blood flow and uterine expansion for the growing fetus. These pregnancy-associated changes involve significant uteroplacental and vascular remodeling. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are important regulators ...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Chen J,Khalil RA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloids are nanoscopic ordered self-assemblies of misfolded proteins that are formed via aggregation of partially unfolded or intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and are commonly linked to devastating human diseases. An enlarging body of recent research has demonstrated that certain amyloids can be beneficial an...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Avni A,Swasthi HM,Majumdar A,Mukhopadhyay S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Globally, breast cancer is both the most commonly occurring cancer and the commonest cause of cancer death among women. Available data suggest that incidence and mortality in high-resource countries has been declining whereas incidence and mortality in low-resource countries has been increasing. This pattern is likely...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Winters S,Martin C,Murphy D,Shokar NK

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidence suggests that imbalances in resident microbes (dysbiosis) can promote chronic inflammation, immune-subversion, and production of carcinogenic metabolites, thus leading to neoplasia. Yet, evidence to support a direct link of individual bacteria species to human sporadic cancer is still limited. This ch...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Silbergleit M,Vasquez AA,Miller CJ,Sun J,Kato I

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA methylation has been an important area of research in the study of molecular mechanism to psychiatric disorders. Recent evidence has suggested that abnormalities in global methylation, methylation of genes, and pathways could play a role in the etiology of many forms of mental illness. In this article, we review t...

journal_title：Progress in molecular biology and translational science

authors： Liu C,Jiao C,Wang K,Yuan N

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00