Cellular and molecular actions of methylene blue in the nervous system

M Oz, DE Lorke, M Hasan… - Medicinal research …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Methylene Blue (MB), following its introduction to biology in the 19th century by Ehrlich, has
found uses in various areas of medicine and biology. At present, MB is the first line of …

The amyloid precursor protein: beyond amyloid

H Zheng, EH Koo - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2006 - Springer
The amyloid precursor protein (APP) takes a central position in Alzheimer's disease (AD)
pathogenesis: APP processing generates the β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides, which are deposited …

MiR-26b, upregulated in Alzheimer's disease, activates cell cycle entry, tau-phosphorylation, and apoptosis in postmitotic neurons

S Absalon, DM Kochanek, V Raghavan… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
MicroRNA (miRNA) functions in the pathogenesis of major neurodegenerative diseases
such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) are only beginning to emerge. We have observed …

Neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease

E Mohandas, V Rajmohan… - Indian journal of …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease, the most common
among the dementing illnesses. The neuropathological hallmarks of AD include …

Hippocampal atrophy as a quantitative trait in a genome-wide association study identifying novel susceptibility genes for Alzheimer's disease

SG Potkin, G Guffanti, A Lakatos, JA Turner, F Kruggel… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background With the exception of APOE ε4 allele, the common genetic risk factors for
sporadic Alzheimer's Disease (AD) are unknown. Methods and Findings We completed a …

Epigenetic mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease

D Mastroeni, A Grover, E Delvaux, C Whiteside… - Neurobiology of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Epigenetic modifications help orchestrate sweeping developmental, aging, and disease-
causing changes in phenotype by altering transcriptional activity in multiple genes spanning …

When good kinases go rogue: GSK3, p38 MAPK and CDKs as therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease

SR D'Mello - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a mostly sporadic brain disorder characterized by cognitive
decline resulting from selective neurodegeneration in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex …

[HTML][HTML] Amyloid beta-induced glycogen synthase kinase 3β phosphorylated VDAC1 in Alzheimer's disease: implications for synaptic dysfunction and neuronal …

PH Reddy - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis …, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) is a serine/threonine protein kinase that is
involved in the multiple signaling processes of a cell. Increasing evidence suggests that …

Role of cell cycle re-entry in neurons: a common apoptotic mechanism of neuronal cell death

J Folch, F Junyent, E Verdaguer, C Auladell… - Neurotoxicity …, 2012 - Springer
Currently, there is no effective treatment for neurodegenerative disorders such as
Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Thus, a major focus of neuroscience research …

Mitochondrial oxidative damage in aging and Alzheimer′ s disease: implications for mitochondrially targeted antioxidant therapeutics

PH Reddy - BioMed Research International, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The overall aim of this article is to review current therapeutic strategies for treating AD, with a
focus on mitochondrially targeted antioxidant treatments. Recent advances in molecular …