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ReviewCurrent neuropharmacology2017

Cholinergic System and Post-translational Modifications: An Insight on the Role in Alzheimer's Disease.

Touqeer Ahmed, Saadia Zahid, Aamra Mahboob, Syeda Mehpara Farhat

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Review in Current neuropharmacology, 2017. 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
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 56 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Touqeer AhmedNeurobiology Laboratory, Atta-ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology P.O. Box: 44000, Sector H-12, Islamabad. Pakistan.
Saadia Zahid
Aamra Mahboob
Syeda Mehpara Farhat
National University of Sciences and Technology · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of old age dementia. The formation of amyloid plaques (Aβ), neurofibrillary tangles and loss of basal forebrain cholinergic neurons are the hallmark events in the pathology of AD. LITERATURE REVIEW: Cholinergic system is one of the most important neurotransmitter system involved in learning and memory which preferentially degenerates in the initial stages of AD. Activation of cholinergic receptors (muscarinic and nicotinic) activates multiple pathways which result in post translational modifications (PTMs) in multiple proteins which bring changes in nervous system. Cholinergic receptors-mediated PTMs "in-part" substantially affect the biosynthesis, proteolysis, degradation and expression of many proteins and in particular, amyloid precursor protein (APP). APP is subjected to several PTMs (proteolytic processing, glycosylation, sulfation, and phosphorylation) during its course of processing, resulting in Aβ deposition, leading to AD. Aβ also alters the PTMs of tau which is a microtubule associated protein. Therefore, post-translationally modified tau and Aβ collectively aggravate the neuronal loss that leads to cholinergic hypofunction.

conclusionDespite the accumulating evidences, the interaction between cholinergic neurotransmission and the physiological significance of PTM events remain speculative and still needs further exploration. This review focuses on the role of cholinergic system and discusses the significance of PTMs in pathological progression of AD and highlights some important future directions.

Indexed as

AcetylcholineAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsHumansProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalReceptors, CholinergicReceptors, MuscarinicAcetylcholineReceptors, CholinergicReceptors, MuscarinicAcetylcholineAlzheimer's diseasemuscarinic receptorsnicotinic receptorspost translational modifications

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PMID27012953
PMCPMC5543671
OpenAlexW2333892874

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