VCP maintains lysosomal homeostasis and TFEB activity in differentiated skeletal muscle.: The article discusses the maintenance of lysosomal function and transcription factor activity in muscle cells, which may be influenced by small molecular agents like Leu-Leu methyl ester hydrobromide that affect cellular processes (Arhzaouy et al., 2019).
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Leu-Leu methyl ester (LLME, Leu-Leu-OMe) may be used to induce protease-dependent cell death (apoptosis) in immune cells such as mast cells, phagocytes, monocytes/macrophages and natural killer cells.
The engraftment ability of mesenchymal cells was investigated in 26 patients receiving allogeneic transplantation from HLA-identical siblings with reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC). The stem cell source was bone marrow (BM) in eight patients and G-CSF-mobilized peripheral blood hematopoietic cells in 18
Scandinavian journal of immunology, 74(4), 354-362 (2011-06-08)
Mast cells (MC) have pathogenic roles in numerous disorders, and strategies that stabilize MC or induce MC apoptosis are therefore emerging as possible therapeutic regimens. A typical feature of MC is their high content of secretory lysosomes (granules), containing numerous
Photochemistry and photobiology, 63(6), 800-806 (1996-06-01)
L-Leucyl-L-leucine methyl ester (Leu-Leu-OMe), an apoptosis inducer in natural killer cells and macrophages, was caged with trans-o-hydroxycinnamoyl (3a-d), trans-o-mercaptocinnamoyl (4) and o-nitrobenzyl derivatives (5a, b), and the photochemical reactivity of these derivatives in phosphate-buffered saline containing 1% dimethyl sulfoxide and
Rupture of endosomes and lysosomes is a major cellular stress condition leading to cell death and degeneration. Here, we identified an essential role for the ubiquitin-directed AAA-ATPase, p97, in the clearance of damaged lysosomes by autophagy. Upon damage, p97 translocates
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