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ReviewNeurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics2015

Caspases: therapeutic targets in neurologic disease.

Carol M Troy, Ying Y Jean

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Review in Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Quantification of Immunostained Caspase-9 in Retinal Tissue.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2022
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  13. Non-apoptotic Caspase regulation of stem cell properties.Seminars in cell & developmental biology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carol M TroyDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University Medical Center, 650 W. 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA, cmt2@cumc.columbia.edu.
Ying Y Jean
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · US

Funding

Downstream Regulators of Beta-Amyloid Induced Neuronal DeathR01NS043089 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI TROY, CAROL M · 2001 to 2010
$2.2M
Mechanisms and Treatment of CNS EdemaR01NS081333 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI TROY, CAROL M · 2013 to 2017
$1.8M
NEURONAL DEGENERATION: MECHANISMS AND PREVENTIONR01NS035933 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI TROY, CAROL M · 2004 to 2007
$1.5M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS035933NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS043089NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS081333NINDS NIH HHS R01NS081333
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Specific therapies for neurologic diseases such as Alzheimer's disease provide the potential for better clinical outcomes. Expression of caspases in the brain is developmentally regulated, and dysregulated in neurologic disease, supporting that caspases may be therapeutic targets. The activity of caspases is carefully regulated via binding partners, cleavage, or endogenous inhibitors to prevent spontaneous activation, which could lead to aberrant cell death. This review serves as a brief examination of the current understanding of the regulation and function of caspases, and approaches to specifically target aberrant caspase activity. The use of proper tools to investigate individual caspases is addressed. Moreover, it summarizes the reports of various caspases in Alzheimer's disease studies. A better understanding of specific caspase pathways in heath and neurodegenerative disease is crucial for identifying specific targets for the development of therapeutic interventions.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsCaspasesHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesCaspases

Identifiers

PMID25339539
PMCPMC4322071
OpenAlexW2088346370

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