Physiology and pharmacology of amyloid precursor protein

Y Cho, HG Bae, E Okun, TV Arumugam… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Amyloid precursor protein (APP) is an evolutionarily conserved transmembrane protein and
a well-characterized precursor protein of amyloid-beta (Aβ) peptides, which accumulate in …

Advances of zebrafish in neurodegenerative disease: from models to drug discovery

X Wang, JB Zhang, KJ He, F Wang… - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative disease (NDD), including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, are characterized by the progressive loss of neurons which …

Exploring advancements in early detection of Alzheimer's disease with molecular assays and animal models

P Sethi, R Bhaskar, KK Singh, S Gupta, SS Han… - Ageing Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a challenging neurodegenerative condition, with overwhelming
implications for affected individuals and healthcare systems worldwide. Animal models have …

Apoptosis, oxidative stress and genotoxicity in developing zebrafish after aluminium exposure

T Capriello, SM Monteiro, LM Félix, A Donizetti… - Aquatic Toxicology, 2021 - Elsevier
Aluminium is a non-essential metal and potentially toxic to organisms whose environmental
concentration increases due to pollution. In our previous studies, the behavioral changes …

Chronic exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of guanylurea induces neurotoxicity of Danio rerio adults

GA Elizalde-Velázquez, LM Gómez-Oliván… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent studies have shown guanylurea (GUA) alters the growth and development of fish,
induces oxidative stress, and disrupts the levels and expression of several genes …

Zebrafish as a model organism for studying pathologic mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases and other neural disorders

Y Liu - Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology, 2023 - Springer
Zebrafish are widely considered an excellent vertebrate model for studying the
pathogenesis of human diseases because of their transparency of embryonic development …

Loss of all three APP family members during development impairs synaptic function and plasticity, disrupts learning, and causes an autism‐like phenotype

V Steubler, S Erdinger, MK Back, S Ludewig… - The EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
The key role of APP for Alzheimer pathogenesis is well established. However, perinatal
lethality of germline knockout mice lacking the entire APP family has so far precluded the …

A model of discovery: the role of imaging established and emerging non-mammalian models in neuroscience

EM Haynes, TK Ulland, KW Eliceiri - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Rodents have been the dominant animal models in neurobiology and neurological disease
research over the past 60 years. The prevalent use of rats and mice in neuroscience …

[HTML][HTML] Use of zebrafish genetic models to study etiology of the amyloid-beta and neurofibrillary tangle pathways in Alzheimer's disease

K Kiper, JL Freeman - Current Neuropharmacology, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases is increasing globally, with an imperative
need to identify and expand the availability of pharmaceutical treatment strategies …

Low levels of amyloid precursor protein (APP) promote neurogenesis and decrease gliogenesis in human neural stem cells

R Coronel, V López-Alonso, MI Gallego… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Amyloid precursor protein (APP) has been widely studied due to its association with
Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the physiological functions of APP are still largely …