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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2017

Combination therapy with octyl gallate and ferulic acid improves cognition and neurodegeneration in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.

Takashi Mori, Naoki Koyama, Jun Tan, Tatsuya Segawa, Masahiro Maeda, Terrence Town

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Ferulic Acid Alleviates Oxidative Stress-Induced Cardiomyocyte Injury by the Regulation of miR-499-5p/Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Takashi MoriFrom the Departments of Biomedical Sciences and t_mori@saitama-med.ac.jp.
Naoki KoyamaFrom the Departments of Biomedical Sciences and.
Jun Tanthe Rashid Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology, Silver Child Development Center and.
Tatsuya Segawathe Immuno-Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd., Fujioka, Gunma 375-0005, Japan, and.
Masahiro Maedathe Immuno-Biological Laboratories Co., Ltd., Fujioka, Gunma 375-0005, Japan, and.
Terrence Townthe Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-2821 ttown@usc.edu.
Medical & Biological Laboratories (Japan) · JPKawagoe Technical High School · JPSocial Insurance Saitama Chuo Hospital · JPUniversity of Southern California · USUniversity of South Florida · US

Funding

Peripheral TGF-beta Pathway Inhibitor Therapy in Alzheimer's RatsR01NS076794 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI CHANG, KAREN T, CHEN, JEANNIE · 2011 to 2021
$4.9M
Octyl gallate (OG) and Promotion of non-amyloidogenic processing of APPI01BX001143 · VA · JAMES A. HALEY VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI TAN, JUN · 2013 to 2016
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BLRD VA I01 BX001143NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS076794
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To date, there is no effective Alzheimer's disease (AD)-modifying therapy. Nonetheless, combination therapy holds promise, and nutraceuticals (natural dietary compounds with therapeutic properties) and their synthetic derivatives are well-tolerated candidates. We tested whether combination therapy with octyl gallate (OG) and ferulic acid (FA) improves cognition and mitigates AD-like pathology in the presenilin-amyloid β-protein precursor (PSAPP) transgenic mouse model of cerebral amyloidosis. One-year-old mice with established β-amyloid plaques received daily doses of OG and FA alone or in combination for 3 months. PSAPP mice receiving combination therapy had statistically significant improved cognitive function

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAnimalsCognitionCoumaric AcidsDisease Models, AnimalDrug Therapy, CombinationGallic AcidHumansMiceMice, TransgenicAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAPP protein, humanCoumaric Acidsferulic acidGallic Acidoctyl gallateAlzheimer's diseaseamyloid precursor protein (APP)amyloid-β (AB)anti-amyloidogenicferulic acidneurodegenerative diseaseoctyl gallateα-secretaseβ-secretase 1 (BACE1)

Identifiers

PMID28512130
PMCPMC5500797
OpenAlexW2616291643

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