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ReviewNature reviews. Drug discovery2011

Convergent pathogenic pathways in Alzheimer's and Huntington's diseases: shared targets for drug development.

Dagmar E Ehrnhoefer, Bibiana K Y Wong, Michael R Hayden

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Review in Nature reviews. Drug discovery, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that 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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Dagmar E EhrnhoeferCentre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Department of Medical Genetics, Child & Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, 950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V5Z 4H4, Canada.
Bibiana K Y Wong
Michael R Hayden

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF J 2797
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases, exemplified by Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease, are characterized by progressive neuropsychiatric dysfunction and loss of specific neuronal subtypes. Although there are differences in the exact sites of pathology, and the clinical profiles of these two conditions only partially overlap, considerable similarities in disease mechanisms and pathogenic pathways can be observed. These shared mechanisms raise the possibility of exploiting common therapeutic targets for drug development. As Huntington's disease has a monogenic cause, it is possible to accurately identify individuals who carry the Huntington's disease mutation but do not yet manifest symptoms. These individuals could act as a model for Alzheimer's disease to test therapeutic interventions that target shared pathogenic pathways.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBrainDrug Delivery SystemsDrug DiscoveryHumansHuntington DiseaseNeural PathwaysProtein Kinase InhibitorsTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein Kinase InhibitorsTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID22015920
PMCPMC3206090

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