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ReviewCurrent Alzheimer research2017

Commonalities in Biological Pathways, Genetics, and Cellular Mechanism between Alzheimer Disease and Other Neurodegenerative Diseases: An In Silico-Updated Overview.

Khurshid Ahmad, Mohammad Hassan Baig, Gohar Mushtaq, Mohammad Amjad Kamal, Nigel H Greig, Inho Choi

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Review in Current Alzheimer research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Khurshid AhmadDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan. Korea.
Mohammad Hassan BaigDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 712-749. Korea.
Gohar MushtaqDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589. Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad Amjad KamalKing Fahd Medical Research Centre, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80216, Jeddah 21589. Saudi Arabia.
Nigel H GreigDrug Design & Development Section, Translational Gerontology Branch, Intramural Research Program, National, Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Biomedical Research Center, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21224. United States.
Inho ChoiDepartment of Medical Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 712-749. Korea.

Funding

Design And Development Of Experimental Therapeutics ((Systemic & Neurodegenerative Disorders and Alzheimer's Disease)ZIAAG000311 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI GREIG, NIGEL H. · 2009 to 2025
$16.0M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AG999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AG000311
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAlzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common and well-studied neurodegenerative disease (ND). Biological pathways, pathophysiology and genetics of AD show commonalities with other NDs viz. Parkinson's disease (PD), Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Huntington's disease (HD), Prion disease and Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA). Many of the NDs, sharing the common features and molecular mechanisms suggest that pathology may be directly comparable and be implicated in disease prevention and development of highly effective therapies.

methodIn this review, a brief description of pathophysiology, clinical symptoms and available treatment of various NDs have been explored with special emphasis on AD. Commonalities in these fatal NDs provide support for therapeutic advancements and enhance the understanding of disease manifestation.

conclusionThe studies concentrating on the commonalities in biological pathways, cellular mechanisms and genetics may provide the scope to researchers to identify few novel common target(s) for disease prevention and development of effective common drugs for multi-neurodegenerative diseases.

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Computer SimulationHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesAlzheimer diseaseAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisbiological pathwaysHuntington's diseaseNeurodegenerative diseasesParkinson's disease

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PMID28164765
PMCPMC5878041

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