Figure 7. The Chaperome Sub-Network as Proteostasis Safeguard and its Collapse in Disease.
A. Chaperome sub-network action as buffer that safeguards proteostasis from proteotoxic stress, facilitating healthy development and aging. B. Chaperome sub-network perturbation entails proteostasis collapse, exposure to proteotoxicity, accelerated aging and age-onset disease. Perturbation exemplified by loss of edges and repression of gene expression (green nodes).