Wnt signaling function in Alzheimer's disease

GV De Ferrari, NC Inestrosa - Brain research reviews, 2000 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with progressive dementia
accompanied by three main structural changes in the brain: diffuse loss of neurons; …

PKC signaling deficits: a mechanistic hypothesis for the origins of Alzheimer's disease

DL Alkon, MK Sun, TJ Nelson - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2007 - cell.com
There is strong evidence that protein kinase C (PKC) isozyme signaling pathways are
causally involved in associative memory storage. Other observations have indicated that …

Activation of Wnt signaling rescues neurodegeneration and behavioral impairments induced by β-amyloid fibrils

GV De Ferrari, MA Chacon, MI Barria, JL Garrido… - Molecular …, 2003 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, which is probably
caused by the cytotoxic effect of the amyloid β-peptide (Aβ). We report here molecular …

Therapeutic effects of PKC activators in Alzheimer's disease transgenic mice

R Etcheberrigaray, M Tan… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Alzheimer's disease (AD) characteristically presents with early memory loss. Regulation of
K+ channels, calcium homeostasis, and protein kinase C (PKC) activation are molecular …

Is there a rationale for the use of acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in the therapy of Alzheimer's disease?

G Benzi, A Moretti - European journal of pharmacology, 1998 - Elsevier
Since the 1980s, the cholinergic hypothesis of the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease has
proven to be a strong stimulus to pharmacological strategies aimed at correcting the …

Consensus report of the Working Group on:" Molecular and Biochemical Markers of Alzheimer's Disease"

P Davies, J Resnick, B Resnick… - Neurobiology …, 1998 - researchportal.murdoch.edu.au
The ideal biomarker for Alzheimer's disease (AD) should detect a fundamental feature of
neuropathology and be validated in neuropathologically-confirmed cases; it should have a …

Calcium responses in fibroblasts from asymptomatic members of Alzheimer's disease families

R Etcheberrigaray, N Hirashima, L Nee, J Prince… - Neurobiology of …, 1998 - Elsevier
We have previously identified alterations of K+ channel function, IP3-mediated calcium
release, and Cp20 (a memory-associated GTP binding protein) in fibroblasts from …

Common mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease and ischemic stroke: the role of protein kinase C in the progression of age-related neurodegeneration

BP Lucke-Wold, RC Turner… - Journal of …, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Ischemic stroke and Alzheimer's disease (AD), despite being distinct disease entities, share
numerous pathophysiological mechanisms such as those mediated by inflammation …

Calcium dysregulation in neuronal aging and Alzheimer's disease: history and new directions

O Thibault, NM Porter, KC Chen, EM Blalock… - Cell calcium, 1998 - Elsevier
The possibility that altered calcium (Caz+) regulation plays an important role in neuronal
aging and dementia has been a focus of research interest for about 15 years, and continues …

Peripheral markers in testing pathophysiological hypotheses and diagnosing Alzheimer's disease

L Gasparini, M Racchi, G Binetti… - The FASEB …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Alterations in amyloid precursor protein (APP) metabolism, calcium regulation, oxidative
metabolism, and transduction systems have been implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) …