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ArticleIbrain2025

Cordycepin mediates neuroprotection against apoptosis via ERK/CREB signaling activation in Aβ

Wenshu Zhou, Cheng Wang, Yige Tan, Philip Lazarovici, Xiaoyan Wen, Shaoping Li, Wenhua Zheng

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Article in Ibrain, 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Wenshu ZhouFaculty of Health Sciences, and Zhuhai UM Science & Technology Research Institute University of Macau Macau SAR China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8015-6992
Cheng WangState Key Laboratory for Quality Research in Chinese Medicine University of Macau Macao SAR China.
Yige TanState Key Laboratory of Primate Biomedical Research, Institute of Primate Translational Medicine Kunming University of Science and Technology Kunming China.
Philip LazaroviciSchool of Pharmacy Institute for Drug Research, Faculty of Medicine The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem Israel.
Xiaoyan WenZhongshan Key Laboratory of Zebrafish-based Drug Innovation, ZebraPeutics (Zhongshan) Ltd. Zhongshan China.
Shaoping LiState Key Laboratory for Quality Research in Chinese Medicine University of Macau Macao SAR China.
Wenhua ZhengFaculty of Health Sciences, and Zhuhai UM Science & Technology Research Institute University of Macau Macau SAR China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aggregation of β-amyloid (Aβ) peptides has been associated with the onset of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by causing neurotoxicity due to oxidative stress and apoptosis. Cordycepin is a natural derivative of the nucleoside adenosine that displays potent antioxidant, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties. However, the mechanism of the neuroprotective effect of cordycepin toward Aβ-induced neurotoxicity, as well as underlying mechanisms, is still unclear. In this study, we found that cordycepin conferred neuroprotection to catecholaminergic PC12 neuronal cell cultures exposed to Aβ

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Aβ1–42‐induced apoptosiscordycepinERK/CREB pathwayneuronal cell linesneuroprotection

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PMID40103703
PMCPMC11911103

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