A key pathological feature of Parkinson’s disease(PD)is that lysosomes are overwhelmed with cellular materials that need to be degraded and cleared.While the build-up of protein is characteristic of neurodegenerative...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,Nos.81772134,81971891,82172196,81571939(ail to KX);the Key Laboratory of Emergency and Trauma(Hainan Medical University)of Ministry of Education,No.KLET-202108(to KX);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Central South University of China,No.2020zzts218(to WTY);Hunan Provincial Innovation Foundation for Postgraduate of China,No.CX20200116(to WTY)。
PANoptosis is a newly identified type of regulated cell death that consists of pyroptosis,apoptosis,and nec roptosis,which simultaneously occur during the pathophysiological process of infectious and inflammatory dise...
supported by Key Research Projects of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China,No.2018BCG01002(to HCX);the Natural Science Foundation of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of China,No.NZ17150(to PY)。
Olfactory ensheathing cells(OECs) from the olfactory bulb(OB) and the olfactory mucosa(OM) have the capacity to repair nerve injury. However, the difference in the therapeutic effect between OB-derived OECs and OM-der...
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81801210(to SZ).
Deficits in intrinsic neuronal capacities in the spinal cord,a lack of growth support,and suppression of axonal outgrowth by inhibitory molecules mean that spinal cord injury almost always has devastating consequences...
supported by the National Institutes of Health(NIH;R21 AG055964, R21 AG059177, R01 AG061038 to LZ)。
Late-onset Alzheimer 's disease(LOAD), the most common cause of dementia, currently affects 5.6 million Americans ages 65 and older.LOAD is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive loss in synaptic fu...
supported in part by Award No.18-7(to HRL)from the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases Research Award Fund,administered by the Virginia Center on Aging
N-acetylatedα-synuclein(αSyn)has long been established as an intrinsically disordered protein associated with a dysfunctional role in Parkinson’s disease.In recent years,a physiologically relevant,higher order conf...
supported by the General Research Fund(14100714)of the Hong Kong Research Grants Council(to HYEC);The Chinese University of Hong Kong Vice-Chancellor’s One-Off Discretionary Fund(VCF2014011)(to HYEC);The Chinese University of Hong Kong One-of Funding for Joint Lab/Research Collaboration(3132980)(to HYEC);The Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Science Strategic Development Fund(FACULTY-P17173)(to HYEC);The Chinese University of Hong Kong Gerald Choa Neuroscience Centre(7105306)(to HYEC);donations from Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation(6903898)(to HYEC);Hong Kong Spinocerebellar Ataxia Association(6903291)(to HYEC);supported by the Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neurosciences of The Chinese University of Hong Kong,China
Yin Yang 1(YY1) is a multi-functional transcription factor that regulates gene expression in a range of cell types,including neurons.It controls neuronal differentiation,as well as neuronal specification and migration...
Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases are neurodegenerative disorders pathologically classified by the accumulation of amyloidogenic proteins into insoluble inclusions within the brain.Specifically,amyloid plaques in...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China,No.81560175,81260159(both to LL)
Studies have confirmed a strong association between activation of the endoplasmic reticulum stress pathway and cerebral ischemia/reperfusion(I/R) injury.In this study,three key proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum st...
Acetylation is a post-translational modification that is regulated by two antagonistic enzymes,histone acetyltransferases(HATs)and histone deacetylases(HDACs).HATs transfer the acetyl group from acetyl-CoA to lysine r...