Publications by authors named "J Schimpf"

The molecular chaperone and heat shock protein Hsp90 is part of many protein complexes in eukaryotic cells. Together with its cochaperones, Hsp90 is responsible for the maturation of hundreds of clients. Although having been investigated for decades, it still is largely unknown which components are necessary for a functional complex and how the energy of ATP hydrolysis is used to enable cyclic operation.

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Due to refined and new diagnostic possibilities and improved medical care, in the future anesthesiologists will be more frequently confronted with patients suffering from rare diseases. As the physicians providing perioperative care often have little or no experience with the diseases of such patients, the access to high-quality specific literature is essential. In this respect they must be able to assess and classify the quality of the information which is predominantly available online, especially as when evidence-based knowledge is available, it is only available to a very limited extent.

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  • Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) is the most common form of glomerulonephritis, potentially leading to end-stage kidney disease in about a third of patients within 10 to 20 years, with its cause largely linked to immune system dysregulation involving IgA.
  • Characteristic symptoms include nephritic urinary sediment, proteinuria, impaired kidney function, hypertension, and macrohematuria, but a definitive diagnosis requires a kidney biopsy and histological classification (MEST-C score) to predict outcomes.
  • Treatment focuses on supportive measures such as blood pressure control and potential use of medications like SGLT2 inhibitors, with careful consideration needed for systemic immunosuppressive therapy and promising new drugs like
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The heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) is a molecular chaperone, which plays a key role in eukaryotic protein homeostasis. Co-chaperones assist Hsp90 in client maturation and in regulating essential cellular processes such as cell survival, signal transduction, gene regulation, hormone signaling, and neurodegeneration. Aha1 (activator of Hsp90 ATPase) is a unique co-chaperone known to stimulate the ATP hydrolysis of Hsp90, but the mechanism of their interaction is still unclear.

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