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ReviewCell death and differentiation2021

Ubiquitin signaling in neurodegenerative diseases: an autophagy and proteasome perspective.

François Le Guerroué, Richard J Youle

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Review in Cell death and differentiation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

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60citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. An edge β-strand mutation turns ubiquitin into a pore-forming amyloid.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

François Le GuerrouéSurgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1982-1509
Richard J YouleSurgical Neurology Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA. youler@ninds.nih.gov.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Role of mitochondria in neurodegenerative diseasesZIANS003123 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI YOULE, RICHARD JAMES · 2011 to 2025
$28.8M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ubiquitin signaling is a sequence of events driving the fate of a protein based on the type of ubiquitin modifications attached. In the case of neurodegenerative diseases, ubiquitin signaling is mainly associated with degradation signals to process aberrant proteins, which form aggregates often fatal for the brain cells. This signaling is often perturbed by the aggregates themselves and leads to the accumulation of toxic aggregates and inclusion bodies that are deleterious due to a toxic gain of function. Decrease in quality control pathways is often seen with age and is a critical onset for the development of neurodegeneration. Many aggregates are now thought to propagate in a prion-like manner, where mutated proteins acting like seeds are transitioning from cell to cell, converting normal proteins to toxic aggregates. Modulation of ubiquitin signaling, by stimulating ubiquitin ligase activation, is a potential therapeutic strategy to treat patients with neurodegeneration diseases.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsAutophagyHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexProtein FoldingUbiquitinUbiquitinationUbiquitin-Protein LigasesProteasome Endopeptidase ComplexUbiquitinUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

Identifiers

PMID33208890
PMCPMC7862246
OpenAlexW3105177816

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