Publications by authors named "Mana Furuoka"

PGAM5 is a unique type of protein phosphatase that exists in mitochondria. It has been shown to exist in the inner mitochondrial membrane through its transmembrane domain and to be cleaved within the transmembrane domain upon mitochondrial dysfunction. However, its submitochondrial localization remains controversial; many researchers claim that PGAM5 localizes to the outer mitochondrial membrane based on the findings that PGAM5 associates with many cytoplasmic proteins.

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The intracellular cysteine protease caspase-1 is critically involved in obesity-induced inflammation in adipose tissue. A substantial body of evidence from immune cells, such as macrophages, has shown that caspase-1 activation depends largely on a protein complex, called the NLRP3 inflammasome, which consists of the NOD-like receptor (NLR) family protein NLRP3, the adaptor protein ASC, and caspase-1 itself. However, it is not fully understood how caspase-1 activation is regulated within adipocytes upon inflammatory stimuli.

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