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ArticleJournal of molecular neuroscience : MN2018

Atorvastatin Attenuates Cognitive Deficits and Neuroinflammation Induced by Aβ

Shan Wang, Xiaowei Zhang, Liuyu Zhai, Xiaona Sheng, Weina Zheng, Hongshan Chu, Guohua Zhang

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Article in Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-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

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shan WangDepartment of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, No. 215 Hepingxi Road, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China.
Xiaowei ZhangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China.
Liuyu ZhaiDepartment of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, No. 215 Hepingxi Road, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China.
Xiaona ShengDepartment of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, No. 215 Hepingxi Road, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China. xnsheng848@126.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1029-2882
Weina ZhengDepartment of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, No. 215 Hepingxi Road, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China.
Hongshan ChuDepartment of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, No. 215 Hepingxi Road, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China.
Guohua ZhangDepartment of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, No. 215 Hepingxi Road, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, 050000, China.
Hebei Medical University · CN

Funding

Hebei Natural Science Foundation C2011206110The key project of Hebei medical science research 20150211
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory damage aggravates the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the mechanism of inflammatory damage may provide a new therapeutic window for the treatment of AD. Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-mediated signaling can regulate the inflammatory process. However, changes in TLR4 signaling pathway induced by beta-amyloid (Aβ) have not been well characterized in brain, especially in the hippocampus. In the present study, we explored the changes of TLR4 signaling pathway induced by Aβ in the hippocampus and the role of atorvastatin in modulating this signal pathway and neurotoxicity induced by Aβ. Experimental AD rats were induced by intrahippocampal injection of Aβ

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAtorvastatinCognitive DysfunctionMaleNeuroprotective AgentsNF-kappa BPeptide FragmentsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6Toll-Like Receptor 4Amyloid beta-Peptidesamyloid beta-protein (1-42)Anti-Inflammatory AgentsAtorvastatinNeuroprotective AgentsNF-kappa BPeptide FragmentsTlr4 protein, ratTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6Toll-Like Receptor 4Alzheimer’s diseaseAtorvastatinNF-κBProtectionTLR4TRAF6

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PMID29417448
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