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New insights into the role of the Golgi apparatus in the pathogenesis and therapeutics of human diseases

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The Golgi apparatus is an essential cellular organelle that mediates homeostatic functions, including vesicle trafficking and the post-translational modification of macromolecules. Its unique stacked structure and dynamic functions are tightly regulated, and several Golgi proteins play key roles in the functioning of unconventional protein secretory pathways triggered by cellular stress responses. Recently, an increasing number of studies have implicated defects in Golgi functioning in human diseases such as cancer, neurodegenerative, and immunological disorders. Understanding the extraordinary characteristics of Golgi proteins is important for elucidating its associated intracellular signaling mechanisms and has important ramifications for human health. Therefore, analyzing the mechanisms by which the Golgi participates in disease pathogenesis may be useful for developing novel therapeutic strategies. This review articulates the structural features and abnormalities of the Golgi apparatus reported in various diseases and the suspected mechanisms underlying the Golgi-associated pathologies. Furthermore, we review the potential therapeutic strategies based on Golgi function.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea (No. 2021R1C1C1008587), the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) and Korea Dementia Research Center (KDRC) funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare and Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea (No. HU22C0069), and the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (No. HI22C1236). We thank Dong Soo Chang for providing assistance with the illustrations.

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Choi, W., Kang, S. & Kim, J. New insights into the role of the Golgi apparatus in the pathogenesis and therapeutics of human diseases. Arch. Pharm. Res. 45, 671–692 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12272-022-01408-z

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