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ReviewJournal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology2014

Neurotrophin strategies for neuroprotection: are they sufficient?

Joseph P Steiner, Avindra Nath

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Review in Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Dynamic nature of the p75 neurotrophin receptor in response to injury and disease.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2014
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  8. Growth factor signaling: implications for disease & therapeutics.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2014
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Joseph P SteinerNINDS Translational Neuroscience Center, National Institutes of Health, Room 7C-105; Bldg 10, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA, steinerjp@mail.nih.gov.
Avindra Nath

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As people are living longer, the prevalance of neurodegenerative diseases continues to rise resulting in huge socio-economic consequences. Despite major advancements in studying the pathophysiology of these diseases and a large number of clinical trials currently there is no effective treatment for these illnesses. All neuroprotective strategies have either failed or have shown only a minimal effect. There has been a major shift in recent years exploring the potential of neuroregenerative approaches. While the concept of using neurotropins for therapeutic purposes has been in existence for many years, new modes of delivery and expression of this family of molecules makes this approach now feasilble. Further neurotropin mimetics and receptor agonists are also being developed. The use of small molecules to induce the expression of neurotropins including repurposing of FDA approved drugs for this approach is another strategy being pursued. In the review we examine these new developments and discuss the potential for such approaches in the context of the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases.

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AnimalsHumansNerve DegenerationNerve Growth FactorsNeuroprotective AgentsNerve Growth FactorsNeuroprotective Agents

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