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16 Citations
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GADD45a and GADD45b Genes in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients

  • Ruei-Nian Li,
  • Yuan-Zhao Lin,
  • Ya-Chun Pan,
  • Chia-Hui Lin and ,
  • Chia-Chun Tseng,
  • Wan-Yu Sung,
  • Cheng-Chin Wu,
  • Tsan-Teng Ou,
  • Wen-Chan Tsai and
  • Jeng-Hsien Yen
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Background: GADD45 genes are stress sensors in response to cellular stress response, activated signal pathways leading to the stimulation of inflammatory cytokines. This study is to examine the associations of GADD45a and GADD45b genes with rheumatoi...

(This article belongs to the Section Clinical Laboratory Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,330 Views
26 Pages

Chromatin regulators (CRs) are essential upstream regulatory factors of epigenetic modification. The role of CRs in the pathogenesis of renal ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) remains unclear. We analyzed a bioinformatic analysis on the differentiall...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Acute Kidney Injury: From Bench to Bedside)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,286 Views
16 Pages

Deletion of Gadd45a Expression in Mice Leads to Cognitive and Synaptic Impairment Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease Hallmarks

  • Christian Griñán-Ferré,
  • Júlia Jarne-Ferrer,
  • Aina Bellver-Sanchis,
  • Marta Ribalta-Vilella and ,
  • Emma Barroso,
  • Jesús M. Salvador,
  • Javier Jurado-Aguilar,
  • Xavier Palomer,
  • Manuel Vázquez-Carrera and
  • Mercè Pallàs
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

23 February 2024

Gadd45 genes have been implicated in survival mechanisms, including apoptosis, autophagy, cell cycle arrest, and DNA repair, which are processes related to aging and life span. Here, we analyzed if the deletion of Gadd45a activates pathways involved...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Neurobiology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
9,326 Views
22 Pages

Interplay between BRCA1 and GADD45A and Its Potential for Nucleotide Excision Repair in Breast Cancer Pathogenesis

  • Sylwia Pietrasik,
  • Gabriela Zajac,
  • Jan Morawiec,
  • Miroslaw Soszynski and ,
  • Michal Fila and
  • Janusz Blasiak
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

A fraction of breast cancer cases are associated with mutations in the BRCA1 (BRCA1 DNA repair associated, breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein) gene, whose mutated product may disrupt the repair of DNA double-strand breaks as BRCA1 is directl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Epigenetics of Non-transmissible Diseases)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,865 Views
13 Pages

Nifuratel Induces Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cell G2/M Phase Block and Apoptosis by Regulating GADD45A

  • Yuhang Hou,
  • Hongyun Hao,
  • Yan Yuan,
  • Jing Zhang and ,
  • Zhengrui Liu,
  • Yimin Nie,
  • Shichang Zhang,
  • Shengtao Yuan and
  • Mei Yang
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

26 September 2024

(1) Background: Nifuratel (NF113), derived from nitrofuran, has a specific anti-tumor effect. However, the potential mechanisms of NF113 in triple-negative breast cancer remain unknown. (2) Methods: In the study, CCK8 assay and colony formation assay...

(This article belongs to the Section Pharmacology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
11,117 Views
19 Pages

GADD45a Regulates Olaquindox-Induced DNA Damage and S-Phase Arrest in Human Hepatoma G2 Cells via JNK/p38 Pathways

  • Daowen Li,
  • Chongshan Dai,
  • Xiayun Yang,
  • Bin Li and ,
  • Xilong Xiao and
  • Shusheng Tang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

13 January 2017

Olaquindox, a quinoxaline 1,4-dioxide derivative, is widely used as a feed additive in many countries. The potential genotoxicity of olaquindox, hence, is of concern. However, the proper mechanism of toxicity was unclear. The aim of the present study...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Chemistry and Pharmacology of Modulators of Oxidative Stress)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,658 Views
20 Pages

30 November 2022

Cutaneous malignant melanoma is a highly proliferative and aggressive skin cancer with a steadily increasing incidence and a low long-term survival rate after metastatic progression. The protein MAGOH and its highly identical homologue MAGOHB are cor...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Cellular and Molecular Research in Melanoma)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,204 Views
12 Pages

Role of D-GADD45 in JNK-Dependent Apoptosis and Regeneration in Drosophila

  • Carlos Camilleri-Robles,
  • Florenci Serras and
  • Montserrat Corominas

18 May 2019

The GADD45 proteins are induced in response to stress and have been implicated in the regulation of several cellular functions, including DNA repair, cell cycle control, senescence, and apoptosis. In this study, we investigate the role of D-GADD45 du...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
7,593 Views
12 Pages

GADD45B as a Prognostic and Predictive Biomarker in Stage II Colorectal Cancer

  • Zhixun Zhao,
  • Yibo Gao,
  • Xu Guan,
  • Zheng Liu and ,
  • Zheng Jiang,
  • Xiuyun Liu,
  • Huixin Lin,
  • Ming Yang,
  • Chunxiang Li and
  • Xishan Wang
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

19 July 2018

GADD45B acts as a member of the growth arrest DNA damage-inducible gene family, which has demonstrated to play critical roles in DNA damage repair, cell growth, and apoptosis. This study aimed to explore the potential relationship between GADD45B exp...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Computational Approaches for Disease Gene Identification)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,799 Views
12 Pages

Urinary GADD45G Protein Excretion Is Associated with IgA Nephropathy Progression

  • Min-Jeong Lee,
  • Hyunee Yim,
  • Ji Eun Park,
  • Inwhee Park and ,
  • Heungsoo Kim and
  • Gyu-Tae Shin
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

14 December 2024

Background: Growth arrest and DNA damage 45G (GADD45G) is a family of proteins involved in DNA damage response and cell growth arrest. In this study, we show evidence that urinary GADD45G protein is associated with the progression of IgA nephropathy....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease: Biology, Diagnosis and Therapy (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,014 Views
13 Pages

GADD45β Regulates Hepatic Gluconeogenesis via Modulating the Protein Stability of FoxO1

  • Hyunmi Kim,
  • Da Som Lee,
  • Tae Hyeon An,
  • Tae-Jun Park and ,
  • Eun-Woo Lee,
  • Baek Soo Han,
  • Won Kon Kim,
  • Chul-Ho Lee,
  • Sang Chul Lee and
  • Kwang-Hee Bae
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

Increased hepatic gluconeogenesis is one of the main contributors to the development of type 2 diabetes. Recently, it has been reported that growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible 45 beta (GADD45β) is induced under both fasting and high-fat diet...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Diabetes Complications: From Pathophysiology to Novel Therapeutic Approaches)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,681 Views
13 Pages

GADD34 Ablation Exacerbates Retinal Degeneration in P23H RHO Mice

  • Irina V. Saltykova,
  • Assylbek Zhylkibayev,
  • Oleg S. Gorbatyuk and
  • Marina S. Gorbatyuk

9 November 2022

The UPR is sustainably activated in degenerating retinas, leading to translational inhibition via p-eIF2α. Recent findings have demonstrated that ablation of growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein 34 (GADD34), a protein phosphatase 1 re...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Physiological and Pathological Aspects of Unfolded Protein Response 2.0)
  • Review
  • Open Access
39 Citations
9,730 Views
24 Pages

The PPP1R15 Family of eIF2-alpha Phosphatase Targeting Subunits (GADD34 and CReP)

  • Danielle Hicks,
  • Krithika Giresh,
  • Lisa A. Wrischnik and
  • Douglas C. Weiser

10 December 2023

The vertebrate PPP1R15 family consists of the proteins GADD34 (growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein 34, the product of the PPP1R15A gene) and CReP (constitutive repressor of eIF2α phosphorylation, the product of the PPP1R15B gene), bo...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,521 Views
15 Pages

Expression of GADD45G and CAPRIN1 in Human Nucleus Pulposus: Implications for Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

  • Koki Kawaguchi,
  • Koji Akeda,
  • Junichi Yamada,
  • Takahiro Hasegawa and ,
  • Norihiko Takegami,
  • Tatsuhiko Fujiwara and
  • Akihiro Sudo
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Marked cellular changes occur in human intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration during disc degeneration with biochemical changes. Genome-wide analysis of the DNA methylation profile has identified 220 differentially methylated loci associated with hum...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Regeneration for Spinal Diseases 3.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,703 Views
19 Pages

Mycoplasma bovis Infection Induces Apoptosis Through Gadd45/XIAP in Bovine Macrophages

  • Ruirui Li,
  • Xiaojiao Yu,
  • Tian Tang,
  • Jinliang Sheng and ,
  • Hui Zhang,
  • Chuangfu Chen,
  • Yong Wang and
  • Zhongchen Ma
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) adheres to host cells and persists intracellularly, causing chronic inflammation and significant economic losses in the cattle industry. The role of host cell apoptosis in this host–pathogen interaction remains uncle...

(This article belongs to the Section Veterinary Microbiology)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,144 Views
15 Pages

Intergenic Variants Upstream of GADD45b Affect Survival of Micropterus salmoides Following LMBV Exposure

  • Pinhong Li,
  • Xia Luo,
  • Wenxian Li,
  • Xiaozhe Fu and ,
  • Qiang Lin,
  • Yinjie Niu,
  • Hongru Liang,
  • Baofu Ma,
  • Wenwen Xiao and
  • Ningqiu Li
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

23 September 2025

GADD45 (growth arrest and DNA damage inducible 45) is a crucial signaling regulator in cells and plays an important role in various biological processes, including cellular stress response, cell cycle control, DNA damage repair, apoptosis, and tumor...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fish Genomics and Developmental Biology, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,833 Views
19 Pages

SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein Antagonizes GADD34-Mediated Innate Immune Pathway through Atypical Foci

  • Jie Liu,
  • Guanwen Guan,
  • Chunxiu Wu,
  • Bingbing Wang and ,
  • Kaifei Chu,
  • Xu Zhang,
  • Su He,
  • Naru Zhang,
  • Geng Yang and
  • Tiejun Zhao
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

10 October 2024

The integrated stress response, especially stress granules (SGs), contributes to host immunity. Typical G3BP1+ stress granules (tSGs) are usually formed after virus infection to restrain viral replication and stimulate innate immunity. Recently, seve...

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  • Open Access
802 Views
22 Pages

Senescence-Related SOCS1, SOCS2, and GADD45G Identify an Immune-Associated Molecular Signature in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

  • Wenjing Tang,
  • Weixia Wang,
  • Shuyang Zhang,
  • Xin Zhou and ,
  • Linfeng He and
  • Tianshu Zeng
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

7 August 2026

Senescence-related molecular nodes linking hepatic stress with immune dysregulation in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) remain poorly defined. This study aimed to identify and experimentally validate a senescence-relat...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Biomarkers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,573 Views
31 Pages

Gadd45B Deficiency Drives Radio-Resistance in BRAFV600E-Mutated Differentiated Thyroid Cancer by Disrupting Iodine Metabolic Genes

  • Shan Jiang,
  • Zhiwen Hong,
  • Qianjiang Wu,
  • Rouhan A and ,
  • Zhaobo Wang,
  • Xue Guan,
  • Xinghua Wang,
  • Ari A. Kassardjian,
  • Yali Cui and
  • Tengchuang Ma
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

30 September 2025

Background: Differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) is commonly treated with radioactive iodine (RAI), but resistance to RAI remains a significant clinical challenge. The molecular mechanisms driving dedifferentiation and RAI refractoriness, particularly...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Therapy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,113 Views
20 Pages

EGR1/GADD45α Activation by ROS of Non-Thermal Plasma Mediates Cell Death in Thyroid Carcinoma

  • Seung-Nam Jung,
  • Chan Oh,
  • Jae Won Chang,
  • Lihua Liu and ,
  • Mi Ae Lim,
  • Yan Li Jin,
  • Yudan Piao,
  • Hae Jong Kim,
  • Ho-Ryun Won and
  • Bon Seok Koo
  • + 15 authors+ 10 authors

19 January 2021

(1) Background: Nonthermal plasma (NTP) induces cell death in various types of cancer cells, providing a promising alternative treatment strategy. Although recent studies have identified new mechanisms of NTP in several cancers, the molecular mechani...

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  • Open Access
86 Citations
11,582 Views
13 Pages

ER Stress Induces Cell Cycle Arrest at the G2/M Phase Through eIF2α Phosphorylation and GADD45α

  • Duckgue Lee,
  • Daniel Hokinson,
  • Soyoung Park,
  • Rosalie Elvira and ,
  • Fedho Kusuma,
  • Ji-Min Lee,
  • Miyong Yun,
  • Seok-Geun Lee and
  • Jaeseok Han
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

13 December 2019

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is known to influence various cellular functions, including cell cycle progression. Although it is well known how ER stress inhibits cell cycle progression at the G1 phase, the molecular mechanism underlying how ER s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechanisms of Cell Response to Stress and Oncogenic Insults: Role of Signalling, Trafficking and Organelles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
9,272 Views
16 Pages

Protective Roles of Gadd45 and MDM2 in Blueberry Anthocyanins Mediated DNA Repair of Fragmented and Non-Fragmented DNA Damage in UV-Irradiated HepG2 Cells

  • Wei Liu,
  • Xiangyi Lu,
  • Guangyang He,
  • Xiang Gao and ,
  • Maonian Xu,
  • Jingkai Zhang,
  • Meiling Li,
  • Lifeng Wang,
  • Zhenjing Li and
  • Cheng Luo
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

30 October 2013

Growth Arrest and DNA Damage-inducible 45 (Gadd45) and MDM2 proteins, together with p21 and p53, play important roles in cell cycle checkpoints, DNA repair, and genome integrity maintenance. Gadd45 and MDM2 were activated and transcribed instantly by...

(This article belongs to the Section Biochemistry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
6,455 Views
19 Pages

The Cytotoxicity of the Ajoene Analogue BisPMB in WHCO1 Oesophageal Cancer Cells Is Mediated by CHOP/GADD153

  • Vuyolwethu Siyo,
  • Georgia Schäfer,
  • Roger Hunter,
  • Andriy Grafov and ,
  • Iryna Grafova,
  • Martin Nieger,
  • Arieh A. Katz,
  • M. Iqbal Parker and
  • Catherine H. Kaschula
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

Garlic is a food and medicinal plant that has been used in folk medicine since ancient times for its beneficial health effects, which include protection against cancer. Crushed garlic cloves contain an array of small sulfur-rich compounds such as ajo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Chemistry of Alliums)
  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
6,565 Views
13 Pages

12 September 2016

Globally, cervical cancer is the most common malignancy affecting women. The main treatment methods for this type of cancer include conization or hysterectomy procedures. Sulforaphane (SFN) is a natural, compound-based drug derived from dietary isoth...

(This article belongs to the Section Bioactives and Nutraceuticals)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
10,865 Views
7 Pages

Dinitrotoluenes (DNTs) are byproducts of the explosive trinitrotoluene (TNT), and exist as a mixture of 2 to 6 isomers, with 2,4-DNT and 2,6-DNT being the most significant. The main route of human exposure at ammunition facilities is inhalation. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,706 Views
18 Pages

7 November 2021

Mutations in the insulin gene (INS) are frequently associated with human permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus. However, the mechanisms underlying the onset of this genetic disease is not sufficiently decoded. We induced expression of two types of hum...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Unfolded Protein Response 2021)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,536 Views
19 Pages

Conversion of a Non-Cancer-Selective Promoter into a Cancer-Selective Promoter

  • Praveen Bhoopathi,
  • Anjan K. Pradhan,
  • Amit Kumar,
  • Santanu Maji and ,
  • Padmanabhan Mannangatti,
  • Xiaoyan Deng,
  • Dipankar Bandyopadhyay,
  • Devanand Sarkar,
  • Xiang-Yang Wang and
  • Paul B. Fisher
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

15 March 2022

Progression-elevated gene-3 (PEG-3) and rat growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible gene-34 (GADD34) display significant sequence homology with regulation predominantly transcriptional. The rat full-length (FL) and minimal (min) PEG-3 promoter display...

(This article belongs to the Section Cancer Pathophysiology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,468 Views
16 Pages

31 January 2024

Viruses evolve many strategies to ensure the efficient synthesis of their proteins. One such strategy is the inhibition of the integrated stress response—the mechanism through which infected cells arrest translation through the phosphorylation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Viral Strategies and Cellular Countermeasures that Regulate mRNA Access to the Translation Apparatus)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,640 Views
16 Pages

Insights into the Interaction Mechanism of DTP3 with MKK7 by Using STD-NMR and Computational Approaches

  • Annamaria Sandomenico,
  • Lorenzo Di Rienzo,
  • Luisa Calvanese,
  • Emanuela Iaccarino and ,
  • Gabriella D’Auria,
  • Lucia Falcigno,
  • Angela Chambery,
  • Rosita Russo,
  • Guido Franzoso and
  • Domenico Raimondo
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

GADD45β/MKK7 complex is a non-redundant, cancer cell-restricted survival module downstream of the NF-kB survival pathway, and it has a pathogenically critical role in multiple myeloma, an incurable malignancy of plasma cells. The first-in-class...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Protein–Ligand Interactions: Target Identification and Drug Discovery)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
842 Views
20 Pages

Identification and Stability Assessment of Reference Genes in Helicoverpa armigera Under Plant Secondary Substance and Insecticide Stresses

  • Jie Zhao,
  • Hao-Ran Kan,
  • Xin-Xin Jin,
  • Jiang-Yuan Zhang and ,
  • Hong-Run Zhou,
  • Xiao-Qiang Han and
  • Jing Ye
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

17 January 2026

The cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera, Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a globally distributed agricultural pest. When conducting expression analysis of its functional genes, appropriate reference genes should be selected to ensure the reliability of t...

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  • Open Access
618 Views
21 Pages

A Dual-Gene Signature of PMAIP1 and GADD45A for Early Detection of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma in the Context of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

  • Bei Yao,
  • Yiming Ma,
  • Shuang Guan,
  • Qiguang Zheng and ,
  • Yanan Yu,
  • Ran Jia,
  • Yinli Shi,
  • Zhiyong Hou,
  • Zhong Wang and
  • Jun Liu
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic inflammatory precursor associated with an increased risk of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC), yet identifying malignant features within the persistent inflammatory background remains challenging....

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Oncology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,325 Views
32 Pages

Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Derivatives of Curcuminoids with Cytotoxicity

  • Chen-Yin Chen,
  • Jin-Cherng Lien,
  • Chien-Yu Chen,
  • Chin-Chuan Hung and
  • Hui-Chang Lin

10 November 2021

Curcumin and curcuminoids have been discussed frequently due to their promising functional groups (such as scaffolds of α,β-unsaturated β-diketone, α,β-unsaturated ketone and β′-hydroxy-α,β-unsaturated ketone connected with aromatic rings on both sid...

(This article belongs to the Collection Feature Papers in Molecular Pharmacology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
995 Views
17 Pages

4-Hexylresorcinol Attenuates Ethanol-Induced Hepatic and Pancreatic Injury by Modulating Metabolic Dysfunction and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress

  • Horațiu Rotar,
  • Soon-Young Kang,
  • Hyun-Seung Kim,
  • Seung-Ki Hong and ,
  • Yoon-Jo Lee,
  • Ji-Hyeon Oh,
  • Suyeon Park,
  • Jongho Choi,
  • Xiangguo Che and
  • Je-Yong Choi
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

Background/Objectives: Chronic ethanol (EtOH) consumption is a major cause of metabolic dysfunction and multi-organ injury, particularly in the liver and pancreas. Because oxidative stress and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress are central mechanisms...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular and Translational Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
400 Views
20 Pages

GADD: Game-Inspired Adversarial Distillation for Robust Graph Defense

  • Yabin Peng,
  • Chenyu Zhou,
  • Yuchen Liu,
  • Kunlin Li and ,
  • Fan Zhang and
  • Shaoxun Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Graph neural networks (GNNs) are highly effective on relational data, yet their performance degrades sharply when graph topology is poisoned before training. Existing defenses usually assume a fixed attack pattern and a fixed graph structure, which m...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,454 Views
15 Pages

Objective: The level of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is upregulated during the development of pulmonary vascular remodeling and pulmonary hypertension. A hallmark of pulmonary arterial (PA) remodeling is the excessive proliferation of...

(This article belongs to the Section Health Outcomes of Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,763 Views
14 Pages

Members of the GADD45 Protein Family Show Distinct Propensities to form Toxic Amyloid-Like Aggregates in Physiological Conditions

  • Giovanni Smaldone,
  • Daniela Caruso,
  • Annamaria Sandomenico,
  • Emanuela Iaccarino and ,
  • Annalia Focà,
  • Alessia Ruggiero,
  • Menotti Ruvo and
  • Luigi Vitagliano
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

2 October 2021

The three members (GADD45α, GADD45β, and GADD45γ) of the growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible 45 (GADD45) protein family are involved in a myriad of diversified cellular functions. With the aim of unravelling analogies and differences, we performed...

(This article belongs to the Section Macromolecules)
  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
5,319 Views
20 Pages

Silencing CDCA8 Suppresses Hepatocellular Carcinoma Growth and Stemness via Restoration of ATF3 Tumor Suppressor and Inactivation of AKT/β–Catenin Signaling

  • Taewon Jeon,
  • Min Ji Ko,
  • Yu-Ri Seo,
  • Soo-Jung Jung and ,
  • Daekwan Seo,
  • So-Young Park,
  • Keon Uk Park,
  • Kwang Seok Kim,
  • Mikyung Kim and
  • Yun-Han Lee
  • + 12 authors+ 7 authors

2 March 2021

Big data analysis has revealed the upregulation of cell division cycle associated 8 (CDCA8) in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and its poorer survival outcome. However, the functions of CDCA8 during HCC development remain unknown. Here, we demon...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Cell Cycle and Cell Cycle Checkpoint Deregulations: From Oncogenic Drivers to Therapeutic Targets)
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  • Open Access
49 Citations
4,338 Views
16 Pages

Cisplatin is a standard treatment for prostate cancer, which is the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths among men globally. However, patients who have undergone cisplatin can rxperience relapse. tRNA-derived fragments (tRFs) are small non-co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
375 Views
16 Pages

MntR Mediates LiaSR-Regulated gadT2/gadD2 Expression and Acid Resistance in Listeria monocytogenes 10403S

  • Yuhang Yang,
  • Minghao Zheng,
  • Xu Han,
  • Jinhua Xiao and ,
  • Xiongyan Liang,
  • Jing Liu,
  • Lei Tan,
  • Yuying Yang,
  • Shouguo Fang and
  • Chun Fang
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen capable of persisting under acid, osmotic, oxidative, thermal, and other environmental stresses. The glutamate decarboxylase (GAD) system is a major determinant of survival under acidic conditions. Previ...

(This article belongs to the Section Food Microbiology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
40 Citations
12,454 Views
17 Pages

The initiation of protein synthesis is suppressed under several stress conditions, inducing phosphorylation of the α-subunit of the eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2α), thereby inactivating the GTP-GDP recycling protein eIF2B. By contr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Perspectives on the Health Benefits of Flavonoids)
  • Review
  • Open Access
63 Citations
17,389 Views
26 Pages

Herpesviruses and the Unfolded Protein Response

  • Benjamin P. Johnston and
  • Craig McCormick

21 December 2019

Herpesviruses usurp cellular stress responses to promote viral replication and avoid immune surveillance. The unfolded protein response (UPR) is a conserved stress response that is activated when the protein load in the ER exceeds folding capacity an...

(This article belongs to the Section Animal Viruses)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,756 Views
10 Pages

25 August 2022

Experimental evidence accumulated by our research group and others strongly suggests that (–)-xanthatin, a xanthanolide sesquiterpene lactone, exhibits anti-proliferative effects on human breast cancer cells (in vitro) as well as anti-tumor eff...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Medicine)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,830 Views
23 Pages

The Molecular Basis for Selectivity of the Cytotoxic Response of Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells to Cold Atmospheric Plasma

  • Mikhail Biryukov,
  • Dmitriy Semenov,
  • Nadezhda Kryachkova,
  • Alina Polyakova and ,
  • Ekaterina Patrakova,
  • Olga Troitskaya,
  • Elena Milakhina,
  • Julia Poletaeva,
  • Pavel Gugin and
  • Olga Koval
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

20 November 2023

The interaction of cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) with biotargets is accompanied by chemical reactions on their surfaces and insides, and it has great potential as an anticancer approach. This study discovers the molecular mechanisms that may explain...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Plasma Bioscience and Medicine)
  • Review
  • Open Access
61 Citations
12,650 Views
15 Pages

4 July 2016

Similar to other viruses, coronavirus infection triggers cellular stress responses in infected host cells. The close association of coronavirus replication with the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) results in the ER stress responses, which impose a challen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Viral Subversion of Stress Responses and Translational Control)
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60 Citations
11,962 Views
35 Pages

Unlocking the NF-κB Conundrum: Embracing Complexity to Achieve Specificity

  • Federica Begalli,
  • Jason Bennett,
  • Daria Capece,
  • Daniela Verzella and ,
  • Daniel D’Andrea,
  • Laura Tornatore and
  • Guido Franzoso
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Transcription factors of the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) family are central coordinating regulators of the host defence responses to stress, injury and infection. Aberrant NF-κB activation also contributes to the pathogenesis of some of the most common...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Roles of NF-κB in Cancer and Their Therapeutic Approaches)
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21 Pages

Nrf2 Plays a Key Role in Erythropoiesis during Aging

  • Serge Cedrick Toya Mbiandjeu,
  • Angela Siciliano,
  • Alessandro Mattè,
  • Enrica Federti and ,
  • Massimiliano Perduca,
  • Davide Melisi,
  • Immacolata Andolfo,
  • Angela Amoresano,
  • Achille Iolascon and
  • Lucia De Franceschi
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Aging is characterized by increased oxidation and reduced efficiency of cytoprotective mechanisms. Nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor (Nrf2) is a key transcription factor, controlling the expression of multiple antioxidant proteins. Here, we s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Blood Cells and Redox Homeostasis in Health and Disease)
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Stress Modifies the Expression of Glucocorticoid-Responsive Genes by Acting at Epigenetic Levels in the Rat Prefrontal Cortex: Modulatory Activity of Lurasidone

  • Paola Brivio,
  • Giulia Sbrini,
  • Letizia Tarantini,
  • Chiara Parravicini and ,
  • Piotr Gruca,
  • Magdalena Lason,
  • Ewa Litwa,
  • Chiara Favero,
  • Marco Andrea Riva and
  • Francesca Calabrese
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Epigenetics is one of the mechanisms by which environmental factors can alter brain function and may contribute to central nervous system disorders. Alterations of DNA methylation and miRNA expression can induce long-lasting changes in neurobiologica...

(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Neurobiology)
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Unraveling the Pathogenetic Mechanisms Underlying the Association between Specific Mitochondrial DNA Haplogroups and Parkinson’s Disease

  • Min-Yu Lan,
  • Tsu-Kung Lin,
  • Baiba Lace,
  • Algirdas Utkus and ,
  • Birute Burnyte,
  • Kristina Grigalioniene,
  • Yu-Han Lin,
  • Inna Inashkina and
  • Chia-Wei Liou
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17 April 2024

Variants of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have been identified as risk factors for the development of Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, the underlying pathogenetic mechanisms remain unclear. Cybrid models carrying various genotypes of mtDNA varian...

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7 November 2013

Zinc (Zn) is an essential trace element that is abundantly present in the brain. Despite its importance in normal brain functions, excess Zn is neurotoxic and causes neurodegeneration following transient global ischemia and plays a crucial role in th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Molecular Research in Neurotoxicology)
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30 September 2002

Mercury is a non-essential element that exhibits a high degree of toxicity to humans and animals. Exposure to mercury has been associated with a significant number of adverse health effects including: cardiovascular disease, anemia, developmental abn...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Environmental Health Research: Health Disparities, Toxicology and Carcinogenesis. Part I)

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