Small GTPases of the Ras and Rho families switch on/off signaling pathways in neurodegenerative diseases

A Arrazola Sastre, M Luque Montoro… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Small guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) of the Ras superfamily are key regulators of
many key cellular events such as proliferation, differentiation, cell cycle regulation …

Rho GTPases as therapeutic targets in Alzheimer's disease

BJ Aguilar, Y Zhu, Q Lu - Alzheimer's research & therapy, 2017 - Springer
The progress we have made in understanding Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis has
led to the identification of several novel pathways and potential therapeutic targets. Rho …

A brain proteomic signature of incipient Alzheimer's disease in young APOE ε4 carriers identifies novel drug targets

JA Roberts, VR Varma, Y An, S Varma, J Candia… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Aptamer-based proteomics revealed differentially abundant proteins in Alzheimer's disease
(AD) brains in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging and Religious Orders Study (mean …

Artificial intelligence-based computational framework for drug-target prioritization and inference of novel repositionable drugs for Alzheimer's disease

S Tsuji, T Hase, A Yachie-Kinoshita, T Nishino… - Alzheimer's Research & …, 2021 - Springer
Background Identifying novel therapeutic targets is crucial for the successful development of
drugs. However, the cost to experimentally identify therapeutic targets is huge and only …

Amyloid β/PKC-dependent alterations in NMDA receptor composition are detected in early stages of Alzheimer´ s disease

C Ortiz-Sanz, U Balantzategi, T Quintela-López… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Amyloid beta (Aβ)-mediated synapse dysfunction is an early event in Alzheimer's disease
(AD) pathogenesis and previous studies suggest that NMDA receptor (NMDAR) …

Olfactory bulb neuroproteomics reveals a chronological perturbation of survival routes and a disruption of prohibitin complex during Alzheimer's disease progression

M Lachén-Montes, A González-Morales, MV Zelaya… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Olfactory dysfunction is among the earliest features of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although
neuropathological abnormalities have been detected in the olfactory bulb (OB), little is …

Crosstalk between Rac1-mediated actin regulation and ROS production

A Acevedo, C González-Billault - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The small RhoGTPase Rac1 is implicated in a variety of events related to actin
cytoskeleton rearrangement. Remarkably, another event that is completely different 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 …

Secreted endogenous macrosomes reduce Aβ burden and ameliorate Alzheimer's disease

C Wang, Y Yang, X Zhang, Z Shi, H Gao, M Zhong… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Innovative therapeutic strategies are urgently needed for Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to
the increasing size of the aging population and the lack of effective drug treatment. Here, we …

The impact of APP on Alzheimer-like pathogenesis and gene expression in down syndrome iPSC-derived neurons

DA Ovchinnikov, O Korn, I Virshup, CA Wells… - Stem cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Early-onset Alzheimer disease (AD)-like pathology in Down syndrome is commonly
attributed to an increased dosage of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene. To test this in …