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Targeting the unfolded protein response in disease

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Recent advances in the design of novel compounds and therapeutic strategies to manipulate levels of ER stress in disease are discussed.
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Stress induced by the accumulation of unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is observed in many diseases, including cancer, diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders. Cellular adaptation to ER stress is achieved by the activation of the unfolded protein response (UPR). Hetz and colleagues discuss the opportunities to modulate components of UPR signalling to therapeutically manipulate levels of ER stress in disease.

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The Unfolded Protein Response: From Stress Pathway to Homeostatic Regulation

TL;DR: The vast majority of proteins that a cell secretes or displays on its surface first enter the endoplasmic reticulum, where they fold and assemble, and only properly assembled proteins advance from the ER to the cell surface.
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XBP1 mRNA Is Induced by ATF6 and Spliced by IRE1 in Response to ER Stress to Produce a Highly Active Transcription Factor

TL;DR: The transcription factor XBP1, a target of ATF6, is identified as a mammalian substrate of such an unconventional mRNA splicing system and it is shown that only the spliced form of X BP1 can activate the UPR efficiently.
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The unfolded protein response: controlling cell fate decisions under ER stress and beyond

TL;DR: Insight is provided into the regulatory mechanisms and signalling crosstalk of the three branches of the UPR, which are initiated by the stress sensors protein kinase RNA-like ER kinase (PERK), inositol-requiring protein 1α (IRE1α) and activating transcription factor 6 (ATF6).
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Regulated Translation Initiation Controls Stress-Induced Gene Expression in Mammalian Cells

TL;DR: Protein kinases that phosphorylate the alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2alpha) are activated in stressed cells and negatively regulate protein synthesis, resulting in the induction of the downstream gene CHOP (GADD153).
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