The multitasking molecular chaperone Hsp60. Structure, function, and impact on health and disease

Authors

Francesco Cappello Professor, Anatomy and Histology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. Francesco Cappello is Full Professor of Anatomy and Histology at the University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. He is also President of the Italian Society of Experimental Biology, Life member of the Cell Stress Society International and Senior Editor of Cell Stress and Chaperones. He has been nominated "Adjunct Professor� at the Temple University of Philadelphia (PA, USA) and at the University of Texas Medical Branch of Galveston (TX, USA). He has authored more than 300 scientific papers. Everly Conway de Macario Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Everly Conway de Macario is Adjunct Professor at the School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA. She has written 320 articles, authored 1 book and edited 8 books. Dr. Conway de Macario's research interests include the development of the concept of sick chaperone or chaperonopathy as a factor contributing to the ageing process and disease, elucidation of the entire set of hsp70 genes in the human genome, and characterization of the whole complement of cct-Hsp60 genes in the human genome. Alberto JL Macario Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Alberto JL Macario is Adjunct Professor at the School of Medicine, University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, USA. He has authored 380 articles, is the author of 1 book, and editor of 7 books. Dr. Macario is also Group Leader at the Euro-Mediterranean Institute of Science and Technology, Palermo, Italy. His current interests are chaperonopathies pertaining to Hsp60, Hsp10, and CCT genes/proteins.