Roles of ubiquitin-specific proteases in inflammatory diseases.

Ubiquitin-specific proteases (USPs), as one of the deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs) families, regulate the fate of proteins and signaling pathway transduction by removing ubiquitin chains from the target proteins. USPs are essential for the modulation of a variety of physiological processes, such as DNA repair, cell metabolism and differentiation, epigenetic modulations as well as protein stability. Recently, extensive research has demonstrated that USPs exert a significant impact on innate and adaptive immune reactions, metabolic syndromes, inflammatory disorders, and infection via post-translational modification processes. This review summarizes the important roles of the USPs in the onset and progression of inflammatory diseases, including periodontitis, pneumonia, atherosclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, sepsis, hepatitis, diabetes, and obesity. Moreover, we highlight a comprehensive overview of the pathogenesis of USPs in these inflammatory diseases as well as post-translational modifications in the inflammatory responses and pave the way for future prospect of targeted therapies in these inflammatory diseases. Copyright © 2024 Chen, Zhang, Li, Li, Xie, Weng, Tan, Liu, Guo and Wang.

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Rui Chen, Hui Zhang, Linke Li, Jinsheng Li, Jiang Xie, Jie Weng, Huan Tan, Yanjun Liu, Tailin Guo, Mengyuan Wang. Roles of ubiquitin-specific proteases in inflammatory diseases. Frontiers in immunology. 2024;15:1258740

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