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SUBMITTER: Corrao S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4221893 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Corrao Simona S Anzalone Rita R Lo Iacono Melania M Corsello Tiziana T Di Stefano Antonino A D'Anna Silvestro Ennio SE Balbi Bruno B Carone Mauro M Sala Anna A Corona Davide D Timperio Anna Maria AM Zolla Lello L Farina Felicia F de Macario Everly Conway EC Macario Alberto J L AJ Cappello Francesco F La Rocca Giampiero G
Open biology 20141001 10
Heat-shock protein (Hsp)10 is the co-chaperone for Hsp60 inside mitochondria, but it also resides outside the organelle. Variations in its levels and intracellular distribution have been documented in pathological conditions, e.g. cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Here, we show that Hsp10 in COPD undergoes changes at the molecular and subcellular levels in bronchial cells from human specimens and derived cell lines, intact or subjected to stress induced by cigarette smoke ...[more]