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Summary: Prions are associated with neurodegenerative diseases and the prion protein in neurons is believed to function as a metal ion transporter. The octarepeat region in the N-terminal domain can bind up to four copper ions, with different coordination modes observed depending on Cu2+ concentration. Molecular dynamics simulations showed the tetra-Cu2+/octarepeat complex forming a globular structure stabilized by interactions between Cu2+ and tryptophan residues, in agreement with experimental results.

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS (2021)

Review Medicine, Research & Experimental

Targeting iron metabolism in cancer therapy

Michael Morales et al.

Summary: Iron is crucial for cellular functions and human health, but excess iron can lead to oxidative DNA damage and cancer. Cancer cells are more dependent on iron than normal cells, making targeting iron metabolism in cancer cells an emerging and powerful therapeutic strategy.

THERANOSTICS (2021)

Article Medical Laboratory Technology

Total and Exchangeable Copper Assay Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry and Establishment of a Pediatric Reference Interval

Jisook Yim et al.

Summary: The study aimed to evaluate the performance of copper assays and establish reference intervals for pediatric population. Significant differences in total copper and relative CuEXC concentrations among age groups were found, and patients with elevated relative CuEXC values were mostly diagnosed with WD.

ARCHIVES OF PATHOLOGY & LABORATORY MEDICINE (2021)

Review Physics, Multidisciplinary

Protein phase separation: physical models and phase-separation- mediated cancer signaling

Travis M. Zeigler et al.

Summary: Phase separation in biological systems, especially in cancer fusion proteins, is a growing area of research with potential for novel therapeutic strategies. Understanding the principles of statistical mechanics and thermodynamics is crucial for comprehending protein phase separation. Exploring the driving force behind protein condensate assembly may lead to the discovery of new disease mechanisms and treatment opportunities.

ADVANCES IN PHYSICS-X (2021)

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Melatonin Inhibits Migration and Invasion in LPS-Stimulated and -Unstimulated Prostate Cancer Cells Through Blocking Multiple EMT-Relative Pathways

Qi-Xing Tian et al.

Summary: The study reveals that LPS promotes migration and invasion of PCa cells by activating TLR4 downstream pathways, inducing inflammation and EMT. Melatonin inhibits migration and invasion in both LPS-stimulated and -unstimulated PCa cells by blocking EMT-associated pathways mediated by IL-6/STAT3, AKT/GSK-3 beta, and beta-catenin.

JOURNAL OF INFLAMMATION RESEARCH (2021)

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Hofmeister versus Neuberg: is ATP really a biological hydrotrope?

Johannes Mehringer et al.

Summary: ATP can hinder the thermal aggregation of proteins and prevent fibrillation of intrinsically disorder proteins, acting as a biological hydrotrope. The interactions of ATP leading to these phenomena are different from traditional hydrotropy, with specific ion effects and interactions with amino acid residues in proteins. Additionally, ATP does not act as a classical hydrotrope due to its strong decrease in the solubility of hydrophobes.

CELL REPORTS PHYSICAL SCIENCE (2021)

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Phase separation of p53 precedes aggregation and is affected by oncogenic mutations and ligands

Elaine C. Petronilho et al.

Summary: Mutant p53 tends to form aggregates with amyloid properties, especially amyloid oligomers inside the nucleus, which are believed to cause oncogenic gain-of-function. The DNA-binding domain of p53 (p53C) undergoes phase separation and aggregation in the presence of polyethylene glycol (PEG), and mutant p53C undergoes phase separation faster than wild-type p53C. Mutant p53 undergoes gel- and solid-like phase transitions in the nucleus, modulated by polyanions like heparin and RNA. The disordered transactivation domain (TAD) also plays a role in phase separation and amyloid aggregation of p53.

CHEMICAL SCIENCE (2021)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Liquid-liquid phase separation of full-length prion protein initiates conformational conversion in vitro

Hiroya Tange et al.

Summary: Prion diseases are characterized by the accumulation of amyloid fibrils, with the infectious agent PrPSc converting normal PrPC into a protease-resistant prion protein. The study showed that recombinant prion protein could undergo liquid-liquid phase separation, leading to a liquid-solid phase transition and the formation of proteinase-resistant amyloid. The process involved the N-terminal region of the protein and kosmotropic salts, suggesting an important role for these salts in promoting phase separation.

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2021)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Liquid-liquid phase separation and fibrillation of the prion protein modulated by a high-affinity DNA aptamer

Carolina O. Matos et al.

FASEB JOURNAL (2020)

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Oxidative Phosphorylation Promotes Primary Melanoma Invasion

Amel Salhi et al.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY (2020)

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Melanoma migration is promoted by prion protein via Akt-hsp27 signaling axis

Jingru Ke et al.

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Deciphering Copper Coordination in the Mammalian Prion Protein Amyloidogenic Domain

Giulia Salzano et al.

BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2020)

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A Prion Epigenetic Switch Establishes an Active Chromatin State

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Melatonin-Induced Cytoskeleton Reorganization Leads to Inhibition of Melanoma Cancer Cell Proliferation

Alejandro Alvarez-Artime et al.

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Lipid rafts in glial cells: role in neuroinflammation and pain processing

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Lipid rafts as signaling hubs in cancer cell survival/death and invasion: implications in tumor progression and therapy

Faustino Mollinedo et al.

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Neutralizing Mutations Significantly Inhibit Amyloid Formation by Human Prion Protein and Decrease Its Cytotoxicity

Jun-Jie Huang et al.

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ATP Controls the Aggregation of Aβ16-22 Peptides

Saikat Pal et al.

JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B (2020)

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Single-cell tracking demonstrates copper chaperone Atox1 to be required for breast cancer cell migration

Stephanie Blockhuys et al.

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The Multifaceted Role of Heme in Cancer

Veronica Fiorito et al.

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Stefania Forciniti et al.

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Identifying sequence perturbations to an intrinsically disordered protein that determine its phase-separation behavior

Benjamin S. Schuster et al.

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Lipid rafts as a therapeutic target

Dmitri Sviridov et al.

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OXPHOS remodeling in high-grade prostate cancer involves mtDNA mutations and increased succinate oxidation

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Copper(II)-binding equilibria in human blood

Tiina Kirsipuu et al.

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Prion protein N1 cleavage peptides stimulate microglial interaction with surrounding cells

J. A. Carroll et al.

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Composition-dependent thermodynamics of intracellular phase separation

Joshua A. Riback et al.

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Altered Iron Metabolism and Impact in Cancer Biology, Metastasis, and Immunology

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Using NMR spectroscopy to investigate the role played by copper in prion diseases

Rawiah A. Alsiary et al.

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Amyloid aggregates accumulate in melanoma metastasis modulatingYAPactivity

Vittoria Matafora et al.

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Hydroxyl radical scavenging activity of melatonin and its related indolamines

Aiswarya Purushothaman et al.

FREE RADICAL RESEARCH (2020)

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pH gradient reversal fuels cancer progression

Tianyu Zheng et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY (2020)

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Prion Protein in Stem Cells: A Lipid Raft Component Involved in the Cellular Differentiation Process

Stefano Martellucci et al.

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Fyn Tyrosine Kinase as Harmonizing Factor in Neuronal Functions and Dysfunctions

Carmela Matrone et al.

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Emerging roles and the regulation of aerobic glycolysis in hepatocellular carcinoma

Jiao Feng et al.

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Melatonin as a Radio-Sensitizer in Cancer

Carolina Alonso-Gonzalez et al.

BIOMEDICINES (2020)

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Mitochondrial Metabolism in PDAC: From Better Knowledge to New Targeting Strategies

Gabriela Reyes-Castellanos et al.

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Liquid Phase Separation Controlled by pH

Omar Adame-Arana et al.

BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2020)

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Protein phase separation: A novel therapy for cancer?

Wei Wang et al.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY (2020)

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Nuclear body phase separation drives telomere clustering in ALT cancer cells

Huaiying Zhang et al.

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL (2020)

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Clusters of bacterial RNA polymerase are biomolecular condensates that assemble through liquid-liquid phase separation

Anne-Marie Ladouceur et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2020)

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The emerging role of cancer cell plasticity and cell-cycle quiescence in immune escape

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CELL DEATH & DISEASE (2020)

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Discovering How Heme Controls Genome Function Through Heme-omics

Ruiqi Liao et al.

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Interaction between Hemin and Prion Peptides: Binding, Oxidative Reactivity and Aggregation

Simone Dell'Acqua et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES (2020)

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Cholesterol metabolism in drug-resistant cancer (Review)

Aiwen Yan et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY (2020)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

RNA-binding and prion domains: the Yin and Yang of phase separation

Nieves Lorenzo Gotor et al.

NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH (2020)

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New Insights Into Targeting Membrane Lipids for Cancer Therapy

Giulio Preta

FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (2020)

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Metabolic rewiring in drug resistant cells exhibit higher OXPHOS and fatty acids as preferred major source to cellular energetics

Sameer Salunkhe et al.

BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS (2020)

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Melatonin Alters Fluid Phase Coexistence in POPC/DPP/Cholesterol Membranes

Nanqin Mei et al.

BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2020)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

The Cellular Prion Protein: A Promising Therapeutic Target for Cancer

Gyeongyun Go et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES (2020)

Article Cell Biology

Reactivation of dormant tumor cells by modified lipids derived from stress-activated neutrophils

Michela Perego et al.

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Two high-rate pentose-phosphate pathways in cancer cells

Vanessa Cossu et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2020)

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Biomolecular condensates as arbiters of biochemical reactions inside the nucleus

Guillaume Laflamme et al.

COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY (2020)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Prion Protein Targeted by a Prostate Cancer Cell Binding Aptamer, a Potential Tumor Marker?

Tao Bing et al.

ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS (2020)

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Membraneless organelles: phasing out of equilibrium

Maria Hondele et al.

EMERGING TOPICS IN LIFE SCIENCES (2020)

Review Multidisciplinary Sciences

On the Origin of ATP Synthesis in Cancer

Thomas N. Seyfried et al.

ISCIENCE (2020)

Review Oncology

Prion-like proteins as epigenetic devices of stress adaptation

Henry Patrick Oamen et al.

EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH (2020)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

DrLLPS: a data resource of liquid-liquid phase separation in eukaryotes

Wanshan Ning et al.

NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH (2020)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Prion-like low-complexity sequences: Key regulators of protein solubility and phase behavior

Titus M. Franzmann et al.

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2019)

Review Oncology

Melatonin as an adjuvant in radiotherapy for radioprotection and radiosensitization

B. Farhood et al.

CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY (2019)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

The molecular language of membraneless organelles

Edward Gomes et al.

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2019)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Lowering line tension with high cholesterol content induces a transition from macroscopic to nanoscopic phase domains in model biomembranes

Wen-Chyan Tsai et al.

BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES (2019)

Article Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology

Melatonin selectively influences the transcription of pluripotency and differentiation markers in human non-cancer cells

Georgi Nikolaev Georgiev et al.

BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGICAL EQUIPMENT (2019)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Targeting Tumor Microenvironment for Cancer Therapy

Catarina Roma-Rodrigues et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES (2019)

Review Oncology

Iron metabolism and its contribution to cancer (Review)

Ying Chen et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY (2019)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Cellular sensing by phase separation: Using the process, not just the products

Haneul Yoo et al.

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2019)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Proteolytic shedding of the prion protein via activation of metallopeptidase ADAM10 reduces cellular binding and toxicity of amyloid- oligomers

Heledd H. Jarosz-Griffiths et al.

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2019)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Proteome-wide solubility and thermal stability profiling reveals distinct regulatory roles for ATP

Sindhuja Sridharan et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2019)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Isolation, Propagation, and Prion Protein Expression During Neuronal Differentiation of Human Dental Pulp Stem Cells

Stefano Martellucci et al.

JOVE-JOURNAL OF VISUALIZED EXPERIMENTS (2019)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

ATP, Mg2+, Nuclear Phase Separation, and Genome Accessibility

Roni H. G. Wright et al.

TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES (2019)

Review Endocrinology & Metabolism

Melatonin Synthesis and Function: Evolutionary History in Animals and Plants

Dake Zhao et al.

FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY (2019)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Prion disease is accelerated in mice lacking stress-induced heat shock protein 70 (HSP70)

Charles E. Mays et al.

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2019)

Review Plant Sciences

Water oxidation in photosystem II

Wolfgang Lubitz et al.

PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH (2019)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

RNA is a critical element for the sizing and the composition of phase-separated RNA-protein condensates

Marina Garcia-Jove Navarro et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2019)

Article Biochemical Research Methods

Why do eukaryotic proteins contain more intrinsically disordered regions?

Walter Basile et al.

PLOS COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY (2019)

Article Microbiology

Full atomistic model of prion structure and conversion

Giovanni Spagnolli et al.

PLOS PATHOGENS (2019)

Review Medicine, General & Internal

HDL and LDL: Potential New Players in Breast Cancer Development

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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE (2019)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Deciphering Melatonin-Stabilized Phase Separation in Phospholipid Bilayers

Dima Bolmatov et al.

LANGMUIR (2019)

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Membrane-Bound Meet Membraneless in Health and Disease

Chujun Zhang et al.

CELLS (2019)

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Enhanced Copper-Temozolomide Interactions by Protein for Chemotherapy against Glioblastoma Multiforme

Xiao Li et al.

ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES (2019)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Prion Protein in Glioblastoma Multiforme

Larisa Ryskalin et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES (2019)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Formation of biological condensates via phase separation: Characteristics, analytical methods, and physiological implications

Zhe Feng et al.

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2019)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Role of hypoxia in cancer therapy by regulating the tumor microenvironment

Xinming Jing et al.

MOLECULAR CANCER (2019)

Review Cell Biology

Cancer Etiology: A Metabolic Disease Originating from Life's Major Evolutionary Transition?

B. Poljsak et al.

OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY (2019)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

RNA modulates aggregation of the recombinant mammalian prion protein by direct interaction

Petar Stefanov Kovachev et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2019)

Article Microbiology

Glycolytic Proteins Interact With Intracellular Melatonin in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Maria Angeles Morcillo-Parra et al.

FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY (2019)

Article Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

Stiffness and ATP recovery of stored red blood cells in serum

Zhensong Xu et al.

MICROSYSTEMS & NANOENGINEERING (2019)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Iron Metabolism in Cancer

Yafang Wang et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES (2019)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Mediated by recPrPC Involved in the Neuronal Differentiation Process of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Stefano Martellucci et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES (2019)

Review Clinical Neurology

Review: PrP 106-126-25 years after

G. Forloni et al.

NEUROPATHOLOGY AND APPLIED NEUROBIOLOGY (2019)

Article Cell Biology

Protein Phase Separation as a Stress Survival Strategy

Titus M. Franzmann et al.

COLD SPRING HARBOR PERSPECTIVES IN BIOLOGY (2019)

Article Oncology

Melatonin regulates tumor aggressiveness under acidosis condition in breast cancer cell lines

Nathalia Martins Sonehara et al.

ONCOLOGY LETTERS (2019)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Metabolic reprogramming of oncogene-addicted cancer cells to OXPHOS as a mechanism of drug resistance

Jayshree Hirpara et al.

REDOX BIOLOGY (2019)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Antioxidant Defense Mechanisms in Erythrocytes and in the Central Nervous System

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ANTIOXIDANTS (2019)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Melatonin Protects Band 3 Protein in Human Erythrocytes against H2O2-Induced Oxidative Stress

Rossana Morabito et al.

MOLECULES (2019)

Article Medicine, Research & Experimental

Secreted cellular prion protein binds doxorubicin and correlates with anthracycline resistance in breast cancer

Adrian P. Wiegmans et al.

JCI INSIGHT (2019)

Article Oncology

Serum cholesterol and risk of high-grade prostate cancer: results from the REDUCE study

Juzar Jamnagerwalla et al.

PROSTATE CANCER AND PROSTATIC DISEASES (2018)

Review Medicine, Research & Experimental

Targeted cancer therapy through 17-DMAG as an Hsp90 inhibitor: Overview and current state of the art

Hassan Mellatyar et al.

BIOMEDICINE & PHARMACOTHERAPY (2018)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Cellular Prion Protein Enhances Drug Resistance of Colorectal Cancer Cells via Regulation of a Survival Signal Pathway

Jun Hee Lee et al.

BIOMOLECULES & THERAPEUTICS (2018)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Prion protein cleavage fragments regulate adult neural stem cell quiescence through redox modulation of mitochondrial fission and SOD2 expression

Steven J. Collins et al.

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES (2018)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Amyloid and the origin of life: self-replicating catalytic amyloids as prebiotic informational and protometabolic entities

Carl Peter J. Maury

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES (2018)

Review Oncology

Oxidative Phosphorylation as an Emerging Target in Cancer Therapy

Thomas M. Ashton et al.

CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH (2018)

Article Oncology

Synergistic effect of thymoquinone and melatonin against breast cancer implanted in mice

Lena Hisham Odeh et al.

JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH AND THERAPEUTICS (2018)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

More than Just a Phase: Prions at the Crossroads of Epigenetic Inheritance and Evolutionary Change

Anupam K. Chakravarty et al.

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (2018)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Suppression of oxidative phosphorylation confers resistance against bevacizumab in experimental glioma

Jule A. Eriksson et al.

JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY (2018)

Review Endocrinology & Metabolism

Melatonin and its metabolites vs oxidative stress: From individual actions to collective protection

Annia Galano et al.

JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH (2018)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Quantifying Nucleation In Vivo Reveals the Physical Basis of Prion-like Phase Behavior

Tarique Khan et al.

MOLECULAR CELL (2018)

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Protein-Based Inheritance: Epigenetics beyond the Chromosome

Zachary H. Harvey et al.

MOLECULAR CELL (2018)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Tolerance to Stress Combination in Tomato Plants: New Insights in the Protective Role of Melatonin

Vicente Martinez et al.

MOLECULES (2018)

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Phase separation of a yeast prion protein promotes cellular fitness

Titus M. Franzmann et al.

SCIENCE (2018)

Article Chemistry, Physical

A new free radical scavenging cascade involving melatonin and three of its metabolites (3OHM, AFMK and AMK)

Miguel Reina et al.

COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL CHEMISTRY (2018)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Manipulating extracellular tumour pH: an effective target for cancer therapy

Guanyu Hao et al.

RSC ADVANCES (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Prion protein modulates glucose homeostasis by altering intracellular iron

Ajay Ashok et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2018)

Review Physiology

Squeezing for Life - Properties of Red Blood Cell Deformability

Rick Huisjes et al.

FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY (2018)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

ATP enhances at low concentrations but dissolves at high concentrations liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) of ALS/FTD-causing FUS

Jian Kang et al.

BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS (2018)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

A D-enantiomeric peptide interferes with heteroassociation of amyloid-beta oligomers and prion protein

Nadine S. Roesener et al.

JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY (2018)

Article Endocrinology & Metabolism

Melatonin and 5-fluorouracil co-suppress colon cancer stem cells by regulating cellular prion protein-Oct4 axis

Jun Hee Lee et al.

JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Systems analysis of intracellular pH vulnerabilities for cancer therapy

Erez Persi et al.

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2018)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Targeting Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation Abrogated Irinotecan Resistance in NSCLC

Soohyun Lee et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2018)

Article Geriatrics & Gerontology

Effect of Cholesterol on Membrane Fluidity and Association of A beta Oligomers and Subsequent Neuronal Damage: A Double-Edged Sword

Eduardo J. Fernandez-Perez et al.

FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE (2018)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Liquid and Hydrogel Phases of PrPC Linked to Conformation Shifts and Triggered by Alzheimer's Amyloid-β Oligomers

Mikhail A. Kostylev et al.

MOLECULAR CELL (2018)

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Essential roles of mitochondrial and heme function in lung cancer bioenergetics and tumorigenesis

Sarada Preeta Kalainayakan et al.

CELL AND BIOSCIENCE (2018)

Review Immunology

Regulation of NLRP3 Inflammasome by Phosphorylation

Nan Song et al.

FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY (2018)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

A quantitative characterization of interaction between prion protein with nucleic acids

Alakesh Bera et al.

BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS REPORTS (2018)

Article Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Mutations Alter RNA-Mediated Conversion of Human Prions

Erik J. Alred et al.

ACS OMEGA (2018)

Review Chemistry, Multidisciplinary

Oxygen Activation and Radical Transformations in Heme Proteins and Metalloporphyrins

Xiongyi Huang et al.

CHEMICAL REVIEWS (2018)

Review Endocrinology & Metabolism

Cancer metastasis: Mechanisms of inhibition by melatonin

Shih-Chi Su et al.

JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH (2017)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Insulin enhances the peroxidase activity of heme by forming heme-insulin complex: Relevance to type 2 diabetes mellitus

Yi Huang et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES (2017)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Melatonin, a Full Service Anti-Cancer Agent: Inhibition of Initiation, Progression and Metastasis

Russel J. Reiter et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES (2017)

Review Genetics & Heredity

Epigenetic inheritance, prions and evolution

Johannes Manjrekar

JOURNAL OF GENETICS (2017)

Article Endocrinology & Metabolism

Melatonin impedes Tet1-dependent mGluR5 promoter demethylation to relieve pain

Ming-Chun Hsieh et al.

JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH (2017)

Article Endocrinology & Metabolism

Melatonin alleviates cadmium-induced liver injury by inhibiting the TXNIP-NLRP3 inflammasome

Zhengwang Cao et al.

JOURNAL OF PINEAL RESEARCH (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Dual role of mitochondria in producing melatonin and driving GPCR signaling to block cytochrome c release

Yalikun Suofu et al.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

ATP as a biological hydrotrope

Avinash Patel et al.

SCIENCE (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Cellular prion protein is present in mitochondria of healthy mice

Robert Faris et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2017)

Article Cell Biology

Glycolytic Enzymes Coalesce in G Bodies under Hypoxic Stress

Meiyan Jin et al.

CELL REPORTS (2017)

Article Medicine, Research & Experimental

Prion-Like Protein Aggregates and Type 2 Diabetes

Abhisek Mukherjee et al.

COLD SPRING HARBOR PERSPECTIVES IN MEDICINE (2017)

Review Cell & Tissue Engineering

Stemness in Cancer: Stem Cells, Cancer Stem Cells, and Their Microenvironment

Pedro M. Aponte et al.

STEM CELLS INTERNATIONAL (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Post-translational modifications in PrP expand the conformational diversity of prions in vivo

Patricia Aguilar-Calvo et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2017)

Article Multidisciplinary Sciences

Increased adipose tissue heme levels and exportation are associated with altered systemic glucose metabolism

Jose Maria Moreno-Navarrete et al.

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2017)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Iron metabolism and drug resistance in cancer

Hasan Huseyin Kazan et al.

BIOMETALS (2017)

Review Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Melatonin as a mitochondria-targeted antioxidant: one of evolution's best ideas

Russel J. Reiter et al.

CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES (2017)

Article Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Diverse functions of the prion protein - Does proteolytic processing hold the key?

Luise Linsenrneier et al.

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