Search Results - "Dorn, Gerald W. II"
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A Rab5 endosomal pathway mediates Parkin-dependent mitochondrial clearance
Published in Nature communications (30-01-2017)“…Damaged mitochondria pose a lethal threat to cells that necessitates their prompt removal. The currently recognized mechanism for disposal of mitochondria is…”
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Mitochondrial Dynamism and Cardiac Fate: A Personal Perspective
Published in Circulation Journal (2013)“…Defects in mitochondrial biogenesis are well known to contribute to cardiac dysfunction. By contrast, mechanistic details of essential homeostatic mechanisms…”
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Bax regulates primary necrosis through mitochondrial dynamics
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (24-04-2012)“…The defining event in apoptosis is mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (MOMP), allowing apoptogen release. In contrast, the triggering event in…”
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Fragmented mitochondria released from microglia trigger A1 astrocytic response and propagate inflammatory neurodegeneration
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-10-2019)“…In neurodegenerative diseases, debris of dead neurons are thought to trigger glia-mediated neuroinflammation, thus increasing neuronal death. Here we show that…”
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Trans-mitochondrial coordination of cristae at regulated membrane junctions
Published in Nature communications (17-02-2015)“…Reminiscent of bacterial quorum sensing, mammalian mitochondria participate in inter-organelle communication. However, physical structures that enhance or…”
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Targeting cyclophilin D and the mitochondrial permeability transition enhances β-cell survival and prevents diabetes in Pdx1 deficiency
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (01-06-2010)“…Mutations of the pancreatic duodenal homeobox gene-1, Pdx1, cause heritable diabetes in humans and mice. A central abnormality with Pdx1 deficiency is…”
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Loss-of-function DNA sequence variant in the CLCNKA chloride channel implicates the cardio-renal axis in interindividual heart failure risk variation
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (08-02-2011)“…Common heart failure has a strong undefined heritable component. Two recent independent cardiovascular SNP array studies identified a common SNP at 1p36 in…”
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Unrestrained erythroblast development in Nix⁻/⁻ mice reveals a mechanism for apoptotic modulation of erythropoiesis
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (17-04-2007)“…Normal production of RBCs requires that the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-xl be induced at end stages of differentiation in response to erythropoietin (Epo)…”
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Human Mutation in the Anti-apoptotic Heat Shock Protein 20 Abrogates Its Cardioprotective Effects
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (28-11-2008)“…The small heat shock protein Hsp20 protects cardiomyocytes against apoptosis, and phosphorylation at its Ser16 site enhances its cardioprotection. To determine…”
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human phospholamban promoter polymorphism in dilated cardiomyopathy alters transcriptional regulation by glucocorticoids
Published in Human mutation (01-05-2008)“…Depressed calcium handling by the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca-ATPase and its regulator phospholamban (PLN) is a key characteristic of human and experimental…”
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Activating mitofusins interrupts mitochondrial degeneration and delays disease progression in SOD1 mutant amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Published in Human molecular genetics (20-03-2023)“…Abstract Mitochondrial involvement in neurodegenerative diseases is widespread and multifactorial. Targeting mitochondrial pathology is therefore of interest…”
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Myocardial Oxygen Consumption Change Predicts Left Ventricular Relaxation Improvement in Obese Humans After Weight Loss
Published in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (01-09-2011)“…Obesity adversely affects myocardial metabolism, efficiency, and diastolic function. Our objective was to determine whether weight loss can ameliorate…”
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MicroRNA-133 controls cardiac hypertrophy
Published in Nature medicine (01-05-2007)“…Growing evidence indicates that microRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) are involved in basic cell functions and oncogenesis. Here we report that miR-133 has a critical…”
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A GRK5 polymorphism that inhibits β-adrenergic receptor signaling is protective in heart failure
Published in Nature medicine (01-05-2008)“…β-adrenergic receptor (βAR) blockade is a standard therapy for cardiac failure and ischemia. G protein–coupled receptor kinases (GRKs) desensitize βARs,…”
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The rationale for cardiomyocyte resuscitation in myocardial salvage
Published in Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) (01-10-2008)“…Clinical heart failure results from the cumulative loss of functioning myocardium from any cause. At the cellular level, cardiac myocytes die from three…”
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Protein Kinase D Links Gq-coupled Receptors to cAMP Response Element-binding Protein (CREB)-Ser133 Phosphorylation in the Heart
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (20-06-2008)“…Many growth regulatory stimuli promote cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) Ser133 phosphorylation, but the physiologically relevant CREB-Ser133…”
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Myeloid-specific GPCR kinase-2 negatively regulates NF-κB1p105-ERK pathway and limits endotoxemic shock in mice
Published in Journal of cellular physiology (01-03-2011)“…G‐protein‐coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2) is a member of a kinase family originally discovered for its role in the phosphorylation and desensitization of…”
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Bnip3 mediates doxorubicin-induced cardiac myocyte necrosis and mortality through changes in mitochondrial signaling
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (23-12-2014)“…Significance We provide new, exciting evidence for a previously unidentified signaling pathway that mechanistically links mitochondrial respiratory chain…”
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Restoring mitofusin balance prevents axonal degeneration in a Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2A model
Published in The Journal of clinical investigation (01-04-2019)“…Mitofusin-2 (MFN2) is a mitochondrial outer-membrane protein that plays a pivotal role in mitochondrial dynamics in most tissues, yet mutations in MFN2, which…”
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Nix Is Critical to Two Distinct Phases of Mitophagy, Reactive Oxygen Species-mediated Autophagy Induction and Parkin-Ubiquitin-p62-mediated Mitochondrial Priming
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (03-09-2010)“…Damaged mitochondria can be eliminated by autophagy, i.e. mitophagy, which is important for cellular homeostasis and cell survival. Despite the fact that a…”
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