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Progranulin Recruits HSP70 to β-Glucocerebrosidase and Is Therapeutic Against Gaucher Disease
Jian J, Tian Q, Hettinghouse A, Zhao S, Liu H, Wei J, Grunig G, Zhang W, Setchell K, Sun Y, Overkleeft H, Chan G, Liu C. Progranulin Recruits HSP70 to β-Glucocerebrosidase and Is Therapeutic Against Gaucher Disease. EBioMedicine 2016, 13: 212-224. PMID: 27789271, PMCID: PMC5264254, DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.10.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell LineDisease Models, AnimalFibroblastsGaucher DiseaseGlucosylceramidaseHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsLysosome-Associated Membrane GlycoproteinsLysosomesMiceMice, KnockoutPhenotypeProgranulinsProtein AggregatesProtein BindingRecombinant ProteinsStress, PhysiologicalConceptsGaucher diseaseLysosomal storage diseaseStorage diseaseCommon lysosomal storage diseaseNew therapeutic interventionsΒ-glucocerebrosidaseProgranulin insufficiencyAnimal modelsTherapeutic interventionsDiseasePGRNDisease phenotypePatient fibroblastsGCaseComplex-associated proteinsLysosomal localizationHSP70Deficiency
2018
Progranulin associates with hexosaminidase A and ameliorates GM2 ganglioside accumulation and lysosomal storage in Tay-Sachs disease
Chen Y, Jian J, Hettinghouse A, Zhao X, Setchell K, Sun Y, Liu C. Progranulin associates with hexosaminidase A and ameliorates GM2 ganglioside accumulation and lysosomal storage in Tay-Sachs disease. Journal Of Molecular Medicine 2018, 96: 1359-1373. PMID: 30341570, PMCID: PMC6240367, DOI: 10.1007/s00109-018-1703-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research