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Review of Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome Caused by Pathogenic Variants in GFPT1

Muscle &Nerve, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Glutamine:fructose‐6‐phosphate transaminase 1 (GFPT1) catalyzes the first and rate‐limiting step of the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway (HBP) to generate UDP‐GlcNAc. GFPT1 exon 9 is specifically spliced in in striated muscles, which makes a long isoform of GFPT1 (GFPT1‐L).
Kinji Ohno, Mohammad Nazim, Ruchen Zhang, Paniz Farshadyeganeh, Mikako Ito, Bisei Ohkawara   +5 more
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Store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) regulates melanoma proliferation and cell migration.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Store-operated Ca(2+) entry (SOCE) is a major mechanism of Ca(2) (+) import from extracellular to intracellular space, involving detection of Ca(2+) store depletion in endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by stromal interaction molecule (STIM) proteins, which then
Masanari Umemura, Erdene Baljinnyam, Stefan Feske, Mariana S De Lorenzo, Lai-Hua Xie, Xianfeng Feng, Kayoko Oda, Ayako Makino, Takayuki Fujita, Utako Yokoyama, Mizuka Iwatsubo, Suzie Chen, James S Goydos, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Kousaku Iwatsubo   +14 more
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Distinctly altered TRPC3 and TRPC6 expression patterns in human Alzheimer's disease cortex and hippocampus

Brain Pathology, EarlyView.
Divergent remodeling of TRPC channels occurs in Alzheimer's disease, with TRPC3 increased in neurons and reactive astrocytes and TRPC6 reduced in pyramidal neurons. These alterations may contribute to calcium dysregulation, neuroinflammation, and synaptic dysfunction during AD progression.
Xingyong Chen, Zhengjun Wang, Jiaxing Wang, Dehui Kong, Xusheng Wang, Lu Lu, Peter T. Nelson, Fu‐Ming Zhou, Francesca‐Fang Liao   +8 more
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Effects of Pistacia lentiscus Leaf‐Twig and Resin (Mastic) Oils on Salivary Flow in Healthy Individuals

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Pistacia lentiscus L. tree is known for its aromatic mastic gum containing terpenes α‐pinene and β‐myrcene, and has been applied as a traditional remedy in oral care for centuries. Previously, intranasal exposure to mastic resin volatiles increased salivary flow in healthy and dry‐mouth individuals. This study assessed the biological
Wiktoria Potocka, Luca van Eijndthoven, Marja L. Laine, Floris J. Bikker, Zainab Assy   +4 more
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Antipsychotics‐Induced Hyposalivation Mediated by Impaired Salivary Ca2+ Signaling

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Antipsychotic‐induced salivary dysfunction such as hyposalivation is a prevalent clinical challenge that severely compromises oral health and quality of life. Although typical and atypical antipsychotics have their therapeutic target in the central nervous system, their direct molecular mechanisms within the salivary glands remain ...
Chaelin Chung, Soohyun Kim, Yoo‐Bin Kim, Hee‐Kyung Park, Se‐Young Choi   +4 more
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Ion Channel Dysfunction and Therapeutic Targeting in Salivary Gland Disorders

Oral Diseases, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Salivary gland hypofunction and xerostomia represent major clinical complications of radiation therapy, autoimmune disorders such as Sjögren's disease, and inherited epithelial ion transport defects. This review integrates current knowledge on ion channel dysfunction as a central mechanistic driver of salivary gland pathology and ...
Tarek Mohamed Abd El‐Aziz, Shankara N. Varadarajan, Viktor Drel, Prakash Arullampalam, Mahmoud I. Shoulkamy, Ahmed Al‐Sabi, Brij B. Singh   +6 more
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A potential new approach for treating systemic sclerosis: Dedifferentiation of SSc fibroblasts and change in the microenvironment by blocking store-operated Ca2+ entry.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) is an important target for treating systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, our study revealed three levels of TGF-β1 expression in SSc patients, indicating that inhibiting TGF-β is not sufficient to treat SSc.
Ching-Ying Wu, Wen-Li Hsu, Ming-Hsien Tsai, Chee-Yin Chai, Chia-Jung Yen, Chu-Huang Chen, Jian-He Lu, Hsin-Su Yu, Tohru Yoshioka   +8 more
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Chemoresistant ovarian cancer enhances its migration abilities by increasing store-operated Ca2+ entry-mediated turnover of focal adhesions

Journal of Biomedical Science, 2020
Background Among gynecological cancers, ovarian carcinoma has the highest mortality rate, and chemoresistance is highly prevalent in this cancer. Therefore, novel strategies are required to improve its poor prognosis.
Ho-Kai Huang, Yi-Hsin Lin, Heng-Ai Chang, Yi-Shyun Lai, Ying-Chi Chen, Soon-Cen Huang, Cheng-Yang Chou, Wen-Tai Chiu   +7 more
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Pathological Mechanism of a Constitutively Active Form of Stromal Interaction Molecule 1 in Skeletal Muscle

Biomolecules, 2021
Stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) is the main protein that, along with Orai1, mediates store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) in skeletal muscle. Abnormal SOCE due to mutations in STIM1 is one of the causes of human skeletal muscle diseases.
Ji Hee Park, Seung Yeon Jeong, Jun Hee Choi, Eun Hui Lee   +3 more
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Calcium‐activated chloride channels in pericytes and their role in regulating organ blood flow

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Pericytes are microvascular mural cells with diverse roles. Contractile pericytes directly regulate local perfusion, while non‐contractile pericytes coordinate upstream vascular contractility via propagating electrical signals.
Paolo Tammaro, Hikaru Hashitani
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