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ArticleNeurobiology of aging2013

Small molecule p75NTR ligand prevents cognitive deficits and neurite degeneration in an Alzheimer's mouse model.

Juliet K Knowles, Danielle A Simmons, Thuy-Vi V Nguyen, Lilith Vander Griend, Youmei Xie, Hong Zhang, Tao Yang, Julia Pollak, Timothy Chang, Ottavio Arancio and 4 more

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Article in Neurobiology of aging, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
4.9field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 127 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. The Nerve Growth Factor Receptor (NGFR/p75International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Juliet K KnowlesDepartment of Neurology and Neurological Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94304, USA.
Danielle A Simmons
Thuy-Vi V Nguyen
Lilith Vander Griend
Youmei Xie
Hong Zhang
Tao Yang
Julia Pollak
Timothy Chang
Ottavio Arancio
Marion S Buckwalter
Tony Wyss-Coray
Stephen M Massa
Frank M Longo
Stanford University · USColumbia University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

P75 Small Molecule Ligands for Alzheimer's TherapyU01AG032225 · NIA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI LONGO, FRANK M · 2007 to 2012
$4.7M
SUMOylation and Amyloid-beta elevationR01NS049442 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ARANCIO, OTTAVIO · 2005 to 2015
$4.1M
The Mechanism of TGF Beta-1 in Adult NeurogenesisK08NS050304 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI BUCKWALTER, MARION S · 2006 to 2010
$886k
p75 -mediated protection from amyloid neurodegenerationF30NS051971 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI KNOWLES, JULIET KLASING · 2006 to 2008
$147k
NIA NIH HHS U01 AG032225NIA NIH HHS UO1 AG032225NINDS NIH HHS F30 NS051971NINDS NIH HHS K08 NS050304NINDS NIH HHS NS049442NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS049442PHS HHS F30 NA051971
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75(NTR)) is associated with multiple mechanisms linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD); hence, modulating its function might confer therapeutic effects. In previous in vitro work, we developed small molecule p75(NTR) ligands that inhibited amyloid-β-induced degenerative signaling and prevented neurite degeneration. In the present study, a prototype p75(NTR) ligand, LM11A-31, was administered orally to the Thy-1 hAPP(Lond/Swe) (APP(L/S)) AD mouse model. LM11A-31 reached brain concentrations known to inhibit degenerative signaling without toxicity or induction of hyperalgesia. It prevented deficits in novel object recognition after 2.5 months and, in a separate cohort, deficits in Y-maze performance after 3 months of treatment. Stereology studies found that the number and size of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons, which are normal in APP(L/S) mice, were unaffected. Neuritic dystrophy, however, was readily apparent in the basal forebrain, hippocampus and cortex, and was significantly reduced by LM11A-31, with no effect on amyloid levels. These studies reveal that p75(NTR) is an important and tractable in vivo drug target for AD, with LM11A-31 representing a novel class of therapeutic candidates.

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Administration, OralAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsBrainCognition DisordersDisease Models, AnimalFemaleIsoleucineLigandsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Inbred StrainsMolecular Targeted TherapyMorpholinesAmyloid beta-PeptidesIsoleucineLigandsLM11A-31MorpholinesNgfr protein, mouseReceptors, Nerve Growth Factor

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PMID23545424
PMCPMC9035212
OpenAlexW2101715910

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