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ArticleCommunicative & integrative biology2011

Involvement of ubiquilin-1 transcript variants in protein degradation and accumulation.

Annakaisa Haapasalo, Jayashree Viswanathan, Kaisa Ma Kurkinen, Lars Bertram, Hilkka Soininen, Nico P Dantuma, Rudolph E Tanzi, Mikko Hiltunen

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Article in Communicative & integrative biology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Copper homeostasis and the ubiquitin proteasome system.Metallomics : integrated biometal science · 2023
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  5. Protein aggregation and degradation mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases.American journal of neurodegenerative disease · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Annakaisa HaapasaloInstitute of Clinical Medicine - Neurology; University of Eastern Finland; Kuopio, Finland.
Jayashree Viswanathan
Kaisa Ma Kurkinen
Lars Bertram
Hilkka Soininen
Nico P Dantuma
Rudolph E Tanzi
Mikko Hiltunen
University of Eastern Finland · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Controlled management of protein levels and quality is essential for normal cellular function. Specific molecular chaperones and foldases monitor the levels and assist correct folding of proteins. The ubiquitin-proteasome system recognizes and degrades misfolded proteins that can otherwise be harmful to cells. However, when misfolded or aggregated proteins excessively accumulate, they may be sequestered to the microtubule-organizing center to form aggresomes. These may then be removed from cells by autophagocytosis. Abnormal protein accumulation and aggregation is a common hallmark of many neurodegenerative diseases. In a recent study, we provide evidence that specific transcript variants (TVs) of ubiquilin-1, which are genetically and functionally associated to Alzheimer's disease (AD), regulate proteasomal and aggresomal targeting of presenilin-1 (PS1), a key player in AD pathogenesis. Our study together with current data provide interesting implications for ubiquilin-1 and its TVs in the pathogenesis of AD and other neurodegenerative diseases involving abnormal protein aggregation.

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aggresomeautophagocytosishigh-molecular-weightpresenilin-1proteasometranscript variant

Identifiers

PMID21966562
PMCPMC3181512
OpenAlexW1973770130

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