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. 2024 Apr 10;25(8):4209. doi: 10.3390/ijms25084209

Table 4.

HSPs and their potential role in in various human diseases.

Diseases Stress Proteins Role of Stress Proteins References
Cancers HSP90 Affecting client protein interaction [107,108,127,128]
HSP70 Promoting cell survival [150,155,156,171,255]
HSP60, Interact with cytochrome-C and DAXX pro- and anti-apoptotic role [220]
sHSPs Anchorage-independent growth, increase invasiveness [256,257,258]
Ubiquitin Regulating ER stress, PERK-mediated UPS [273,283]
Neurodegeneration,
dementia,
Alzheimer’s disease,
Parkinson’s disease
HSP100 Binding with HSP70 and HSP40 and preventing aggregates [105,107,108]
HSP90 Cdc37 complex disruption, [135,136]
HSP70 Mitochondrial integrity, oxidative stress [170]
HSP60 Pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α, binds to Aβ oligomers [205,213]
HSP27 αβ-crystallin, α- synuclein [263,264]
Ubiquitin Parkin, a ubiquitin E3 ligase, misfolded α-synuclein [138,287]
Auto-immune disease HSP60 HSP60 peptides, elicit cytotoxic T cell responses [195,196,197,198]
HSP27 Cellular stress, 1L-1β in LPS-treated monocytes [216,240,241]
Infectious diseases HSP70 Viral replication [158,159,160,161]
HSP60 Cell surface expression IL8 [202]
Inflammation
Rheumatoid arthritis
HSP60 Cytokine signaling processes and release [206,207,208]
Cardiovascular disease HSP70 Insulin resistance and anti-inflammatory effect [170]
HSP60 TLR2 and TLR4 functions [193]
HSP27 Desmin-linked [253]
Metabolic diseases
Diabetes
HSP70 Increases sensitivity to insulin [165,166,167,171]
HSP60 Modulates the TLRs and IGF-I receptor level, PI3-K/Akt activation [196,197,198,199,200]
Ubiquitin IRE1, USP14-mediated regulation [274,275]