Is membrane homeostasis the missing link between inflammation and neurodegenerative diseases?

Systemic inflammation and infections are associated with neurodegenerative diseases. Unfortunately, the molecular bases of this link are still largely undiscovered. We, therefore, review how inflammatory processes can imbalance membrane homeostasis and theorize how this may have an effect on the agg...

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Autores: Sánchez de Groot, Natalia|||0000-0002-0492-5532, Torrent, Marc|||0000-0001-6567-3474
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:185427
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/185427
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1007/s00018-015-2038-4
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Protein aggregation
Neurodegenerative disease
Neuroinflammation
Membrane
Microglia
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Sumario:Systemic inflammation and infections are associated with neurodegenerative diseases. Unfortunately, the molecular bases of this link are still largely undiscovered. We, therefore, review how inflammatory processes can imbalance membrane homeostasis and theorize how this may have an effect on the aggregation behavior of the proteins implicated in such diseases. Specifically, we describe the processes that generate such imbalances at the molecular level, and try to understand how they affect protein folding and localization. Overall, current knowledge suggests that microglia pro-inflammatory mediators can generate membrane damage, which may have an impact in terms of triggering or accelerating disease manifestation.