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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2015

Retinoic acid-loaded polymeric nanoparticles induce neuroprotection in a mouse model for Parkinson's disease.

Marta Esteves, Ana C Cristóvão, Tatiana Saraiva, Sandra M Rocha, Graça Baltazar, Lino Ferreira, Liliana Bernardino

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marta EstevesFaculty of Health Sciences, Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior Covilhã, Portugal.
Ana C CristóvãoFaculty of Health Sciences, Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior Covilhã, Portugal.
Tatiana SaraivaFaculty of Health Sciences, Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior Covilhã, Portugal.
Sandra M RochaFaculty of Health Sciences, Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior Covilhã, Portugal.
Graça BaltazarFaculty of Health Sciences, Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior Covilhã, Portugal.
Lino FerreiraCenter for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra Coimbra, Portugal ; Biocant - Center of Innovation in Biotechnology Cantanhede, Portugal.
Liliana BernardinoFaculty of Health Sciences, Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior Covilhã, Portugal.
University of Beira Interior · PTBiocant · PT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Retinoic acid (RA) plays an important role in the commitment, maturation and survival of neural cells. Recently, RA was pointed as a therapeutic option for some neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD). The administration of RA has been defying, and in this sense we have previously developed novel RA-loaded polymeric nanoparticles (RA-NPs) that ensure the efficient intracellular transport and controlled release of RA. Herein, we show that nanoformulation as an efficient neuroprotective effect on dopaminergic (DA) neurons in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) induced mouse model for PD. The results showed that the RA-NPs administration induced a significant reduction of DA neuron loss in the substantia nigra (SN) as well as their neuronal fiber/axonal innervations in the striatum. Furthermore, we observed an increase in the expression levels of the transcription factors Pitx3 and Nurr1 induced by RA-NPs, showing its supportive effect on the development and functional maintenance of DA neurons in PD. This is the first study showing that RA-NPs can be an innovative strategy to halt the progression of PD pathogenesis, suggesting that this nanoformulation could be of particular interest for the development of new approaches for PD therapeutics.

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dopaminergic neuronsnanoparticlesneuroprotectionParkinson's diseaseretinoic acid

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PMID25798108
PMCPMC4351630
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