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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Role of Monoamine Oxidase Activity in Alzheimer's Disease: An Insight into the Therapeutic Potential of Inhibitors.

Tapan Behl, Dapinder Kaur, Aayush Sehgal, Sukhbir Singh, Neelam Sharma, Gokhan Zengin, Felicia Liana Andronie-Cioara, Mirela Marioara Toma, Simona Bungau, Adrian Gheorghe Bumbu

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 134 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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134citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

134 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 289 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. A Renal Clearable Probe for In Vivo Monoamine Oxidase (MAO) Detection.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Tapan BehlDepartment of Pharmacology, Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India.
Dapinder KaurDepartment of Pharmacology, Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India.
Aayush SehgalDepartment of Pharmacology, Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India.
Sukhbir SinghDepartment of Pharmacology, Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India.
Neelam SharmaDepartment of Pharmacology, Chitkara College of Pharmacy, Chitkara University, Rajpura 140401, Punjab, India.
Gokhan ZenginDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Selcuk University Campus, 42130 Konya, Turkey.
Felicia Liana Andronie-CioaraDepartment of Psycho-Neuroscience and Recovery, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410073 Oradea, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-5670-3456
Mirela Marioara TomaDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410028 Oradea, Romania.
Simona BungauDepartment of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410028 Oradea, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-3236-1292
Adrian Gheorghe BumbuDepartment of Surgical Disciplines, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, 410073 Oradea, Romania.
Chitkara University · INUniversity of Oradea · ROSelçuk University · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite not being utilized as considerably as other antidepressants in the therapy of depression, the monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) proceed to hold a place in neurodegeneration and to have a somewhat broad spectrum in respect of the treatment of neurological and psychiatric conditions. Preclinical and clinical studies on MAOIs have been developing in recent times, especially on account of rousing discoveries manifesting that these drugs possess neuroprotective activities. The altered brain levels of monoamine neurotransmitters due to monoamine oxidase (MAO) are directly associated with various neuropsychiatric conditions like Alzheimer's disease (AD). Activated MAO induces the amyloid-beta (Aβ) deposition via abnormal cleavage of the amyloid precursor protein (APP). Additionally, activated MAO contributes to the generation of neurofibrillary tangles and cognitive impairment due to neuronal loss. No matter the attention of researchers on the participation of MAOIs in neuroprotection has been on monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) inhibitors, there is a developing frame of proof indicating that monoamine oxidase-A (MAO-A) inhibitors may also play a role in neuroprotection. The therapeutic potential of MAOIs alongside the complete understanding of the enzyme's physiology may lead to the future advancement of these drugs.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsAntidepressive AgentsBrainHumansMonoamine OxidaseMonoamine Oxidase InhibitorsNeurotransmitter AgentsAntidepressive AgentsMonoamine OxidaseMonoamine Oxidase InhibitorsNeurotransmitter AgentsAlzheimer’s diseasemonoamine oxidasemonoamine oxidase inhibitorsmonoaminergic neurotransmittersneuroinflammationoxidative stressreactive aldehydes

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PMID34207264
PMCPMC8234097
OpenAlexW3174212201

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