α1-Antitrypsin (α1AT) deficiency (α1ATD) is a consequence of defective folding, trafficking, and secretion of α1AT in response to a defect in its interaction with the endoplasmic reticulum… (More)
The protein-disulfide isomerase (PDI) family member anterior gradient 2 (AGR2) is reportedly overexpressed in numerous cancers and plays a role in cancer development. However, to date the molecular… (More)
Airways stress diseases (ASDs), including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema and asthma, are predicted to become the third leading cause of morbidity and mortality by 2020. An… (More)
Among lung pathologies, α1AT, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), emphysema, and asthma are diseases triggered by local environmental stress in the airway that we refer to herein… (More)
Diseases of protein folding arise because of the inability of an altered peptide sequence to properly engage protein homeostasis components that direct protein folding and function. To identify… (More)
The function of the human proteome is defined by the proteostasis network (PN) (Science 2008;319:916; Science 2010;329:766), a biological system that generates, protects, and, where necessary,… (More)