AlphaB-crystallin expression correlates with aging deficits in the peripheral nervous system

Protective and therapeutic role for αB-crystallin in autoimmune demyelination

Shalina S. Ousman, Beren H. Tomooka, Johannes M. van Noort et al. · Nature · 2007 · 508 citations

Life Sciences, Neurology, Neuroscience +14

Differential Transport and Local Translation of Cytoskeletal, Injury-Response, and Neurodegeneration Protein mRNAs in Axons

Dianna E. Willis, Ka Wan Li, Jun-Qi Zheng et al. · Journal of Neuroscience · 2005 · 378 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +15

Mutation R120G in αB-crystallin, which is linked to a desmin-related myopathy, results in an irregular structure and defective chaperone-like function

Michael P. Bova, Orna Yaron, Qingling Huang et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1999 · 371 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +17

The Small Heat Shock Protein αB-Crystallin Negatively Regulates Cytochrome c- and Caspase-8-dependent Activation of Caspase-3 by Inhibiting Its Autoproteolytic Maturation

Merideth C. Kamradt, Feng Chen, Vincent L. Cryns · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2001 · 355 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +16

Human αA- and αB-crystallins bind to Bax and Bcl-XS to sequester their translocation during staurosporine-induced apoptosis

JP Liu, Hua Xiang, D. W.-C. Li · Cell Death and Differentiation · 2004 · 334 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +10