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Neuronal Development: Sorting out Motor Neurons [PDF]

Current Biology, 2002
In the developing spinal cord, motor neurons become segregated into important functional units termed motor pools. Now it has been discovered that repertoires of cadherin surface molecules play key roles in motor pool sorting.
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Organoids in pediatric cancer research

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Organoid technology has revolutionized cancer research, yet its application in pediatric oncology remains limited. Recent advances have enabled the development of pediatric tumor organoids, offering new insights into disease biology, treatment response, and interactions with the tumor microenvironment.
Carla Ríos Arceo, Jarno Drost
wiley   +1 more source

Gain-of-function mutations in the ALS8 causative gene VAPB have detrimental effects on neurons and muscles

Biology Open, 2013
Summary Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a motor neuron degenerative disease characterized by a progressive, and ultimately fatal, muscle paralysis. The human VAMP-Associated Protein B (hVAPB) is the causative gene of ALS type 8.
Mario Sanhueza, Luigi Zechini, Trudy Gillespie, Giuseppa Pennetta   +3 more
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Reciprocal control of viral infection and phosphoinositide dynamics

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Phosphoinositides, although scarce, regulate key cellular processes, including membrane dynamics and signaling. Viruses exploit these lipids to support their entry, replication, assembly, and egress. The central role of phosphoinositides in infection highlights phosphoinositide metabolism as a promising antiviral target.
Marie Déborah Bancilhon, Bruno Mesmin
wiley   +1 more source

Spermidine treatment: induction of autophagy but also apoptosis?

Molecular Brain
Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), also known as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that causes loss of balance and motor co-ordination, eventually leading to paralysis.
Maxinne Watchon, Amanda L. Wright, Holly I. Ahel, Katherine J. Robinson, Stuart K. Plenderleith, Andrea Kuriakose, Kristy C. Yuan, Angela S. Laird   +7 more
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The role and implications of mammalian cellular circadian entrainment

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
At their most fundamental level, mammalian circadian rhythms occur inside every individual cell. To tell the correct time, cells must align (or ‘entrain’) their circadian rhythm to the external environment. In this review, we highlight how cells entrain to the major circadian cues of light, feeding and temperature, and the implications this has for our
Priya Crosby
wiley   +1 more source

The Regulatory Machinery of Neurodegeneration in In Vitro Models of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Cell Reports, 2015
Neurodegenerative phenotypes reflect complex, time-dependent molecular processes whose elucidation may reveal neuronal class-specific therapeutic targets. The current focus in neurodegeneration has been on individual genes and pathways.
Burcin Ikiz, Mariano J. Alvarez, Diane B. Ré, Virginia Le Verche, Kristin Politi, Francesco Lotti, Sudarshan Phani, Radhika Pradhan, Changhao Yu, Gist F. Croft, Arnaud Jacquier, Christopher E. Henderson, Andrea Califano, Serge Przedborski   +13 more
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Use and subjective experience of the impact of motor-assisted movement exercisers in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a multicenter observational study

Scientific Reports, 2022
Motor-assisted movement exercisers (MME) are devices that assist with physical therapy in domestic settings for people living with ALS. This observational cross-sectional study assesses the subjective experience of the therapy and analyzes users ...
André Maier, Marcel Gaudlitz, Torsten Grehl, Ute Weyen, Robert Steinbach, Julian Grosskreutz, Annekathrin Rödiger, Jan Christoph Koch, Teresa Lengenfeld, Patrick Weydt, René Günther, Joachim Wolf, Petra Baum, Moritz Metelmann, Johannes Dorst, Albert C. Ludolph, Dagmar Kettemann, Jenny Norden, Ruhan Yasemin Koc, Bertram Walter, Barbara Hildebrandt, Christoph Münch, Thomas Meyer, Susanne Spittel   +23 more
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Molecular bases of circadian magnesium rhythms across eukaryotes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Circadian rhythms in intracellular [Mg2+] exist across eukaryotic kingdoms. Central roles for Mg2+ in metabolism suggest that Mg2+ rhythms could regulate daily cellular energy and metabolism. In this Perspective paper, we propose that ancestral prokaryotic transport proteins could be responsible for mediating Mg2+ rhythms and posit a feedback model ...
Helen K. Feord, Gerben van Ooijen
wiley   +1 more source

Disordered but rhythmic—the role of intrinsic protein disorder in eukaryotic circadian timing

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Unstructured domains known as intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are present in nearly every part of the eukaryotic core circadian oscillator. IDRs enable many diverse inter‐ and intramolecular interactions that support clock function. IDR conformations are highly tunable by post‐translational modifications and environmental conditions, which ...
Emery T. Usher, Jacqueline F. Pelham
wiley   +1 more source