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Anti-aging and neuroprotective properties of Grifola frondosa and Hericium erin...
Tripodi, Farida; Falletta, Ermelinda; Leri, Manuela; Angeloni, Cristina; Beghelli, Daniela; Giusti, Laura; Milanesi, Riccardo; Sampaio-Marques, BelémNutrition has relevant consequences for human health and increasing pieces of evidence indicate that medicinal mushrooms have several beneficial effects. One of the main issues in Western countries is represented by the challenges of aging and age-related diseases, such as neurodegenerative disorders. Among these, Parkinson’s disease (PD) affects 10 million people worldwide and is associated with α-synuclein mi...
The PLC1 encoded phospholipase C in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is essen...
Coccetti, Paola; Tisi, Renata; Martegani, Enzo; Teixeira, Leonardo Souza; Brandão, Rogélio Lopes; Castro, Ieso de Miranda; Thevelein, Johan MariaAddition of glucose to glucose-deprived cells of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae triggers rapid turnover of phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylinositol-phosphate and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate. Glucose stimulation of PI turnover was measured both as an increase in the specific ratio of 32P-labeling and as an increase in the level of diacylglycerol after addition of glucose. Glucose also causes rapi...