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NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue 8, Pages 764-775Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41589-019-0326-2
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- FONDAP program [15150012]
- Millennium Institute [P09-015-F]
- CONICYT-Brazil [441921/2016-7]
- FONDEF [ID16I10223, D11E1007]
- FONDECYT [1180186]
- US Air Force Office of Scientific Research [FA9550-16-1-0384]
- Muscular Dystrophy Association
- US Office of Naval Research-Global (ONR-G) [N62909-16-1-2003]
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Accumulation of unfolded proteins at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a salient attribute of many human diseases including obesity, liver disorders, cancer, diabetes and neurodegeneration. To restore ER proteostasis, cells activate the unfolded protein response (UPR), a signaling pathway that imposes adaptive programs or triggers apoptosis of damaged cells. The UPR is critical to sustain the normal function of specialized secretory cells (i.e., pancreatic beta cells and B lymphocytes) and to control the production of lipids and cholesterol in the liver. In the context of disease, adaptive UPR responses have been linked to the growth of solid tumors, whereas chronic ER stress contributes to cell dysfunction in brain diseases, metabolic syndromes, among other conditions. Here we discuss recent developments in the design and optimization of novel compounds to manipulate UPR signaling and their efficacy in various disease models.
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