ArticleNaunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology2023
Doxycycline inhibits dopaminergic neurodegeneration through upregulation of axonal and synaptic proteins.
Article in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Repurposing of doxycycline as a novel therapeutic avenue for management of parkinson's disease.Inflammopharmacology · 2026Review
- Oxytetracycline and its Non-Antibiotic Derivative DOT Protect Midbrain Dopamine Neurons from Iron-Driven Oxidative Damage.Neurotoxicity research · 2025Article
- Microbiome-based therapeutics for Parkinson's disease.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2024Review
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Abstract
Doxycycline (DOX) is a widely used antibiotic that is able to cross the blood-brain barrier. Several studies have shown its neuroprotective effect against neurodegeneration and have associated it with antioxidant, anti-apoptotic, and anti-inflammatory mechanisms. We have recently demonstrated that DOX mimics nerve growth factor (NGF) signaling in PC12 cells. However, the involvement of this mechanism in the neuroprotective effect of DOX is unknown. Axonal degeneration and synaptic loss are key events at the early stages of neurodegeneration, and precede the neuronal death in neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD). Therefore, the regeneration of the axonal and synaptic network might be beneficial in PD. The effect of DOX in PC12 cells treated with the Parkinsonian neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium (MPP
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