Soluble amyloid-β oligomers as synaptotoxins leading to cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease

ST Ferreira, MV Lourenco, MM Oliveira… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, and affects
millions of people worldwide. As the number of AD cases continues to increase in both …

Wnt signaling deregulation in the aging and Alzheimer's brain

E Palomer, J Buechler, PC Salinas - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Growing evidence suggests that synaptic signaling is compromised in the aging brain and in
Alzheimer's disease (AD), contributing to synaptic decline. Wnt signaling is a prominent …

Emerging roles of Wnts in the adult nervous system

NC Inestrosa, E Arenas - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2010 - nature.com
The roles of the Wnt signalling pathway in several developmental processes, including
synaptic differentiation, are well characterized. The expression of Wnt ligands and Wnt …

Wnt signaling in the nervous system and in Alzheimer's disease

NC Inestrosa, L Varela-Nallar - Journal of molecular cell biology, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Wnts comprise a large family of proteins that have shown to be part of a signaling cascade
that regulates several aspects of development including organogenesis, midbrain …

Linking Aβ and tau in late-onset Alzheimer's disease: a dual pathway hypothesis

SA Small, K Duff - Neuron, 2008 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by abnormal elevation of Aβ peptide and abnormal
hyperphosphorylation of the tau protein. The" amyloid hypothesis," which is based on …

WNT signaling in neuronal maturation and synaptogenesis

SB Rosso, NC Inestrosa - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The Wnt signaling pathway plays a role in the development of the central nervous system
and growing evidence indicates that Wnts also regulates the structure and function of the …

Osteocyte-derived sclerostin impairs cognitive function during ageing and Alzheimer's disease progression

T Shi, S Shen, Y Shi, Q Wang, G Zhang, J Lin… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Ageing increases susceptibility to neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's
disease (AD). Serum levels of sclerostin, an osteocyte-derived Wnt–β-catenin signalling …

WNT/F rizzled signalling: receptor–ligand selectivity with focus on FZD‐G protein signalling and its physiological relevance: IUPHAR Review 3

JP Dijksterhuis, J Petersen… - British journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The wingless/int1 (WNT)/F rizzled (FZD) signalling pathway controls numerous cellular
processes such as proliferation, differentiation, cell‐fate decisions, migration and plays a …

Wnt signaling in the regulation of adult hippocampal neurogenesis

L Varela-Nallar, NC Inestrosa - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
In the adult brain new neurons are continuously generated mainly in two regions, the
subventricular zone (SVZ) of the lateral ventricles and the subgranular zone (SGZ) in the …

Wnt Signaling: Role in Alzheimer Disease and Schizophrenia

NC Inestrosa, C Montecinos-Oliva… - Journal of Neuroimmune …, 2012 - Springer
Wnt signaling function starts during the development of the nervous system and is crucial for
synaptic plasticity in the adult brain. Clearly Wnt effects in synaptic and plastic processes are …