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ReviewMolecular brain2019

Restoring Wnt/β-catenin signaling is a promising therapeutic strategy for Alzheimer's disease.

Lin Jia, Juan Piña-Crespo, Yonghe Li

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Review in Molecular brain, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 162 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

162 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Lin JiaDepartment of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA.
Juan Piña-CrespoNeuroscience Initiative, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA.
Yonghe LiDepartment of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, 32224, USA. Li.Yonghe@mayo.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3489-6362

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an aging-related neurological disorder characterized by synaptic loss and dementia. Wnt/β-catenin signaling is an essential signal transduction pathway that regulates numerous cellular processes including cell survival. In brain, Wnt/β-catenin signaling is not only crucial for neuronal survival and neurogenesis, but it plays important roles in regulating synaptic plasticity and blood-brain barrier integrity and function. Moreover, activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling inhibits amyloid-β production and tau protein hyperphosphorylation in the brain. Critically, Wnt/β-catenin signaling is greatly suppressed in AD brain via multiple pathogenic mechanisms. As such, restoring Wnt/β-catenin signaling represents a unique opportunity for the rational design of novel AD therapies.

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Molecular Targeted TherapyWnt Signaling PathwayAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBrainHumansNeurogenesisNeuronal PlasticityAlzheimer’s diseaseDrug targetNeurogenesisNeuronal survivalSynaptic plasticityWnt

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PMID31801553
PMCPMC6894260

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