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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Inhibition of amyloid beta oligomer accumulation by NU-9: A unifying mechanism for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

Elizabeth A Johnson, Raghad Nowar, Kirsten L Viola, Weijian Huang, Sihang Zhou, Maíra A Bicca, Wei Zhu, Daniel L Kranz, William L Klein, Richard B Silverman

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Ginseng extract improves synaptic resiliency: A key factor for healthy cognitive aging.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025
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  5. Inhibition of amyloid beta oligomer accumulation by NU-9: A unifying mechanism for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Elizabeth A JohnsonDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.
Raghad NowarDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.
Kirsten L ViolaDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.
Weijian HuangThe Master of Biotechnology Program, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.
Sihang ZhouThe Master of Biotechnology Program, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.ORCID 0000-0002-7132-1560
Maíra A BiccaDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.
Wei ZhuDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.
Daniel L KranzChemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.
William L KleinChemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.
Richard B SilvermanDepartment of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208.ORCID 0000-0001-9034-1084

Funding

Novel Protein Aggregation Inhibitors and Upper Motor Neuron Stabilizers for ALS and other Neurodegenerative DiseasesR01AG061708 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI WILLIAM L KLEIN, Pembe Hande Ozdinler · 2019 to 2026
$10.5M
Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease modeled with diabetes and high cholesterol in rabbitR56AG050492 · NIA · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI DISTERHOFT, JOHN F, KLEIN, WILLIAM L · 2018 to 2018
$762k
A robotic plate handling system for high content screening and 3D organoid cultureS10OD032367 · OD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI HORVATH, CURT M · 2022 to 2022
$137k
HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) AG050492HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) AG061708NIA NIH HHS R01 AG061708NIA NIH HHS R56 AG050492NIH HHS S10 OD032367
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein aggregation is a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases, which connects these neuropathologies by a common phenotype. Various proteins and peptides form aggregates that are poorly degraded, and their ensuing pathological accumulation underlies these neurodegenerative diseases. Similarities may exist in the mechanisms responsible for the buildup of these aggregates. Therefore, therapeutics designed to treat one neurodegenerative disease may be beneficial to others. In ALS models, the compound NU-9 was previously shown to block neurodegeneration produced by aggregation-inducing mutations of SOD-1 and TDP-43 [B. Genç et al.,

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Amyloid beta-PeptidesNeurodegenerative DiseasesAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsAutophagyHippocampusHumansLysosomesMiceNeuronsProtein AggregatesProtein Aggregation, PathologicalAmyloid beta-PeptidesProtein AggregatesAlzheimer’s diseaseamyloid-beta oligomersneurodegenerative diseaseprotein aggregation

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PMID40030015
PMCPMC11912461

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