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ArticleFrontiers in molecular neuroscience2011

Revisiting the Role of Acetylcholinesterase in Alzheimer's Disease: Cross-Talk with P-tau and β-Amyloid.

María-Salud García-Ayllón, David H Small, Jesús Avila, Javier Sáez-Valero

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Article in Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 129 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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129citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

129 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 293 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

María-Salud García-AyllónInstituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC Alacant, Spain.
David H Small
Jesús Avila
Javier Sáez-Valero
Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A common feature in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain is the presence of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) which is commonly associated with β-amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT). Although our understanding of the relationship between AChE and the pathological features of AD is incomplete, increasing evidence suggests that both β-amyloid protein (Aβ) and abnormally hyperphosphorylated tau (P-tau) can influence AChE expression. We also review recent findings which suggest the possible role of AChE in the development of a vicious cycle of Aβ and P-tau dysregulation and discuss the limited and temporary effect of therapeutic intervention with AChE inhibitors.

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acetylcholinesteraseAlzheimer’s diseasepresenilin 1P-tauβ-amyloid

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PMID21949503
PMCPMC3171929
OpenAlexW2157016321

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