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ArticleJournal of mathematical biology2014

Alzheimer's disease: analysis of a mathematical model incorporating the role of prions.

Mohamed Helal, Erwan Hingant, Laurent Pujo-Menjouet, Glenn F Webb

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Article in Journal of mathematical biology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 61 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 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Mohamed HelalDépartement de Mathématique, Faculté des Sciences, Université Djillali Liabes, 22000 , Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, mhelal_abbes@yahoo.fr.
Erwan Hingant
Laurent Pujo-Menjouet
Glenn F Webb
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 · FRUniversity of Concepción · CLVanderbilt University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We introduce a mathematical model of the in vivo progression of Alzheimer's disease with focus on the role of prions in memory impairment. Our model consists of differential equations that describe the dynamic formation of β-amyloid plaques based on the concentrations of Aβ oligomers, PrP(C) proteins, and the Aβ-x-Aβ-PrP(C)complex, which are hypothesized to be responsible for synaptic toxicity. We prove the well-posedness of the model and provided stability results for its unique equilibrium, when the polymerization rate of Aβ-amyloid is constant and also when it is described by a power law.

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Models, BiologicalAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesHumansPrionsAmyloid beta-PeptidesPrions

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PMID24146290
OpenAlexW2019289857

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