Search Results - "Fürst, Dieter O."
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Cellular Mechanotransduction Relies on Tension-Induced and Chaperone-Assisted Autophagy
Published in Current biology (04-03-2013)“…Mechanical tension is an ever-present physiological stimulus essential for the development and homeostasis of locomotory, cardiovascular, respiratory, and…”
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Chaperone-Assisted Selective Autophagy Is Essential for Muscle Maintenance
Published in Current biology (26-01-2010)“…How are biological structures maintained in a cellular environment that constantly threatens protein integrity? Here we elucidate proteostasis mechanisms…”
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Angiotensin‐II type 1 receptor‐mediated Janus kinase 2 activation induces liver fibrosis
Published in Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) (01-07-2014)“…Activation of the renin angiotensin system resulting in stimulation of angiotensin‐II (AngII) type I receptor (AT1R) is an important factor in the development…”
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Force-induced dephosphorylation activates the cochaperone BAG3 to coordinate protein homeostasis and membrane traffic
Published in Current biology (23-09-2024)“…Proteome maintenance in contracting skeletal and cardiac muscles depends on the chaperone-regulating protein BAG3. Reduced BAG3 activity leads to muscle…”
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Filamin C-related myopathies: pathology and mechanisms
Published in Acta neuropathologica (01-01-2013)“…The term filaminopathy was introduced after a truncating mutation in the dimerization domain of filamin C (FLNc) was shown to be responsible for a devastating…”
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The cochaperone BAG3 coordinates protein synthesis and autophagy under mechanical strain through spatial regulation of mTORC1
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research (01-01-2017)“…The cochaperone BAG3 is a central protein homeostasis factor in mechanically strained mammalian cells. It mediates the degradation of unfolded and damaged…”
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Myofibrillar Z-discs Are a Protein Phosphorylation Hot Spot with Protein Kinase C (PKCα) Modulating Protein Dynamics
Published in Molecular & cellular proteomics (01-03-2017)“…The Z-disc is a protein-rich structure critically important for the development and integrity of myofibrils, which are the contractile organelles of…”
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Rho-kinase inhibitor coupled to peptide-modified albumin carrier reduces portal pressure and increases renal perfusion in cirrhotic rats
Published in Scientific reports (19-02-2019)“…Rho-kinase (ROCK) activation in hepatic stellate cells (HSC) is a key mechanism promoting liver fibrosis and portal hypertension (PTH). Specific delivery of…”
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Atorvastatin inhibits proliferation and apoptosis, but induces senescence in hepatic myofibroblasts and thereby attenuates hepatic fibrosis in rats
Published in Laboratory investigation (01-10-2012)“…Hepatic myofibroblasts (MFB) show increased proliferation, migration and collagen production, which are crucial for hepatic fibrogenesis. Atorvastatin…”
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Molecular basis of F-actin regulation and sarcomere assembly via myotilin
Published in PLoS biology (12-04-2021)“…Sarcomeres, the basic contractile units of striated muscle cells, contain arrays of thin (actin) and thick (myosin) filaments that slide past each other during…”
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Translocation of molecular chaperones to the titin springs is common in skeletal myopathy patients and affects sarcomere function
Published in Acta neuropathologica communications (15-09-2017)“…Myopathies encompass a wide variety of acquired and hereditary disorders. The pathomechanisms include structural and functional changes affecting, e.g.,…”
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Breaking sarcomeres by in vitro exercise
Published in Scientific reports (25-01-2016)“…Eccentric exercise leads to focal disruptions in the myofibrils, referred to as “lesions”. These structures are thought to contribute to the post-exercise…”
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Mutations in the N-terminal Actin-Binding Domain of Filamin C Cause a Distal Myopathy
Published in American journal of human genetics (10-06-2011)“…Linkage analysis of the dominant distal myopathy we previously identified in a large Australian family demonstrated one significant linkage region located on…”
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246th ENMC International Workshop: Protein aggregate myopathies 24–26 May 2019, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
Published in Neuromuscular disorders : NMD (01-02-2021)Get full text
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Beyond the sarcomere: CSRP3 mutations cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Published in Human molecular genetics (15-09-2008)“…Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a frequent genetic cardiac disease and the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young individuals. Most of the…”
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A Mutation in the Dimerization Domain of Filamin C Causes a Novel Type of Autosomal Dominant Myofibrillar Myopathy
Published in American journal of human genetics (01-08-2005)“…Myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) is a human disease that is characterized by focal myofibrillar destruction and pathological cytoplasmic protein aggregations. In an…”
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Homozygous expression of the myofibrillar myopathy-associated p.W2710X filamin C variant reveals major pathomechanisms of sarcomeric lesion formation
Published in Acta neuropathologica communications (04-09-2020)“…Abstract Filamin C (FLNc) is mainly expressed in striated muscle cells where it localizes to Z-discs, myotendinous junctions and intercalated discs. Recent…”
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Novel Filamin C Myofibrillar Myopathy Variants Cause Different Pathomechanisms and Alterations in Protein Quality Systems
Published in Cells (Basel, Switzerland) (05-05-2023)“…Myofibrillar myopathies (MFM) are a group of chronic muscle diseases pathophysiologically characterized by accumulation of protein aggregates and structural…”
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Synaptopodin-2 Isoforms Have Specific Binding Partners and Display Distinct, Muscle Cell Type-Specific Expression Patterns
Published in Cells (Basel, Switzerland) (30-12-2023)“…Synaptopodin-2 (SYNPO2) is a protein associated with the Z-disc in striated muscle cells. It interacts with α-actinin and filamin C, playing a role in Z-disc…”
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Mutations in the human muscle LIM protein gene in families with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (18-03-2003)“…Muscle LIM protein (MLP) is an essential nuclear regulator of myogenic differentiation. Additionally, it may act as an integrator of protein assembly of the…”
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