Is hypercholesterolemia a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease?

abstract：:Genetic disruptions of spindle/centrosome-associated WD40-repeat protein 62 (WDR62) are causative for autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH) and a broader range of cortical malformations. Since the identification of WDR62 as encoded by the MCPH2 locus in 2010, recent studies that have deleted/depleted WDR62 i...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Shohayeb B,Lim NR,Ho U,Xu Z,Dottori M,Quinn L,Ng DCH

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The understanding of how pain is processed at each stage in the peripheral and central nervous system is the precondition to develop new therapies for the selective treatment of pain. In the periphery, ATP can be released from various cells as a consequence of tissue injury or visceral distension and may stimulate the...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Wirkner K,Sperlagh B,Illes P

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A random-sequence peptide microarray can interrogate serum antibodies in a broad, unbiased fashion to generate disease-specific immunosignatures. This approach has been applied to cancer detection, diagnosis of infections, and interrogation of vaccine response. We hypothesized that there is an immunosignature specific...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Günther OP,Gardy JL,Stafford P,Fluge Ø,Mella O,Tang P,Miller RR,Parker SM,Johnston SA,Patrick DM

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to understand the molecular mechanisms of barrier disruption in the central nervous system (CNS) of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The purpose of the present study was to clarify whether claudin-11 is involved in the disruption of two endothelial barriers (blood-brain barrier (BBB) and blood-sp...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Uchida Y,Sumiya T,Tachikawa M,Yamakawa T,Murata S,Yagi Y,Sato K,Stephan A,Ito K,Ohtsuki S,Couraud PO,Suzuki T,Terasaki T

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defect in brain microperfusion is increasingly recognized as an antecedent event to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and ischemia. Nevertheless, studies on the role of impaired microperfusion as a pathological trigger to neuroinflammation, Aβ deposition as well as blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption, and the etiological link...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Amtul Z,Yang J,Nikolova S,Lee TY,Bartha R,Cechetto DF

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is an autoimmune disease that disrupts the normally reliable neurotransmission at the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). This disruption is thought to result from an autoantibody-mediated removal of a subset of the P/Q-type Ca(2+) channels involved with neurotransmitter release. Wit...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Tarr TB,Wipf P,Meriney SD

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabidiol (CBD), one of the most abundant Cannabis sativa-derived compounds, has been implicated with neuroprotective effect in several human pathologies. Until now, no undesired side effects have been associated with CBD. In this study, we evaluated CBD's neuroprotective effect in terminal differentiation (mature) ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Schönhofen P,de Medeiros LM,Bristot IJ,Lopes FM,De Bastiani MA,Kapczinski F,Crippa JA,Castro MA,Parsons RB,Klamt F

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal hypothyroxinemia can induce neurodevelopmental impairments in the developing fetus. We here review recent studies on the epidemiology and molecular mechanisms associated with this important public health issue. In 2011, the American Thyroid Association defined maternal hypothyroxinemia as low serum free thyro...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Min H,Dong J,Wang Y,Wang Y,Teng W,Xi Q,Chen J

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing interest in the biology of dysbindin and its genetic locus (DTNBP1) due to genetic variants associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia. Reduced levels of dysbindin mRNA and protein in the hippocampal formation of schizophrenia patients further support involvement of this locus in disease risk....

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Mullin AP,Gokhale A,Larimore J,Faundez V

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that after nerve injury or tissue inflammation, fractalkine (CX3CL1) released from dorsal root ganglion neurons acts on satellite glial cells (SGCs) through CX3C receptor 1 (CX3CR1) to induce neuroplastic changes. The existence and importance of fractalkine/CX3CR1 signaling in the trigeminal gangl...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Cairns BE,O'Brien M,Dong XD,Gazerani P

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manganese (Mn) is widely regarded as a neurotoxic heavy metal that causes learning and memory deficits. Recently, it has been proved that the striatum is related to memory and learning ability. However, no previous study focused on the effect of Mn-induced learning and memory deficits on the striatum. This study aims ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Song Q,Deng Y,Yang X,Bai Y,Xu B,Liu W,Zheng W,Wang C,Zhang M,Xu Z

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) produced by sphingosine kinases (SPHK1 and SPHK2) is a signaling molecule involved in cell proliferation and formation of cellular junctions. In this study, we characterized the retinas of Sphk1 knockout (KO) mice by electron microscopy and immunocytochemistry. We also tested cultured Mül...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Wilkerson JL,Stiles MA,Gurley JM,Grambergs RC,Gu X,Elliott MH,Proia RL,Mandal NA

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Findings from observational and experimental studies suggest that maternal inflammation during pregnancy is associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We report the first study in humans to examine this association in a large prospective birth cohort. We studied 788 mother-child pairs from the Seychelles Child De...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Irwin JL,Yeates AJ,Mulhern MS,McSorley EM,Strain JJ,Watson GE,Grzesik K,Thurston SW,Love TM,Smith TH,Mruzek DW,Shamlaye CF,Monthy C,Myers GJ,Davidson PW,van Wijngaarden E

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neuroprotective potential of 3,3'-diindolylmethane (DIM), which is a selective aryl hydrocarbon receptor modulator, has recently been shown in cellular and animal models of Parkinson's disease and lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation. However, there are no data concerning the protective capacity and mechanisms ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Rzemieniec J,Litwa E,Wnuk A,Lason W,Krzeptowski W,Kajta M

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fenpropathrin is one of the widely used pyrethroids in agriculture and household and also reported to have neurotoxic effects in rodent models. In our Parkinson's disease (PD) clinic, there was a unique patient with a history of daily exposure to fenpropathrin for 6 months prior to developing Parkinsonian symptoms pro...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Xiong J,Zhang X,Huang J,Chen C,Chen Z,Liu L,Zhang G,Yang J,Zhang Z,Zhang Z,Lin Z,Xiong N,Wang T

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting over five million individuals worldwide. The exact molecular events underlying PD pathogenesis are still not clearly known. Glia maturation factor (GMF), a neuroinflammatory protein in the brain plays an important role in the pathogenesis of...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Selvakumar GP,Iyer SS,Kempuraj D,Raju M,Thangavel R,Saeed D,Ahmed ME,Zahoor H,Raikwar SP,Zaheer S,Zaheer A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The question of how the cell surface molecules may be specifically delivered to subdomains of neurons is of particular interest considering that polarized sorting to the axon could enable adhesion glycoproteins to induce fasciculation of axonal tracts, guidance to the target cell, and the establishment of synaptic con...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Faivre-Sarrailh C,Rougon G

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to evaluate if the immunohistochemical expression of alpha-3 neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit in sympathetic ganglia remains stable after brain death, determining the possible use of sympathetic thoracic ganglia from subjects after brain death as study group. The third left ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： de Moura Júnior NB,das-Neves-Pereira JC,de Campos JR,de Oliveira FR,Wolosker N,Parra ER,Capelozzi VL,Jatene FB

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remains unclear, some molecular aspects that precede or accompany the deposit of β-amyloid in senile plaques attract attention, such as calcium dysregulation and neuroinflammation. It has been suggested that the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, calcin...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Dos Santos JPA,Vizuete AF,Gonçalves CA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is a movement disorder characterized by the early selective degeneration of striatum. For motor control, the striatum receives excitatory inputs from multiple brain regions and projects the information to other basal ganglia nuclei. Despite the pathological importance of the striatal degenera...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Kim D,Jeon J,Cheong E,Kim DJ,Ryu H,Seo H,Kim YK

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the increasing evidence of eye abnormalities, the effects of prenatal exposure to cocaine on the visual system are still poorly understood. This study was aimed at analyzing the qualitative and quantitative organization of the retinal photoreceptor cells (PR) and outer nuclear layer (ONL) after prenatal exposu...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Silva-Araújo A,Abreu-Dias P,Silva MC,Tavares MA

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral nerve injury requires optimal conditions in both macro-environment and microenvironment for promotion of axonal regeneration. However, most repair strategies of traumatic peripheral nerve injury often lead to dissatisfying results in clinical outcome. Though various strategies have been carried out to impro...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Bucan V,Vaslaitis D,Peck CT,Strauß S,Vogt PM,Radtke C

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-I) is a pathogenic retrovirus associated with a chronic progressive myelopathy, termed HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM)/tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP), as well as adult T-cell leukemia (ATL). A chronic inflammatory process has been implicated in HAM/TSP by a pathological s...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Kira J

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Galectin-1 (Gal-1) shows neuroprotective activity in brain ischemia, spinal cord injury, and autoimmune neuroinflammation. To evaluate the Gal-1 situation in the brains of prion disease, the brain levels of Gal-1 in several scrapie-infected experimental rodent models were tested by Western blot, including agents 263K-...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Guo YJ,Shi Q,Yang XD,Li JL,Ma Y,Xiao K,Chen C,Han J,Dong XP

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sirtuin 2 (SIRT2) is a member of NAD+-dependent protein deacetylases involved in a wide range of pathophysiological processes including myocardial injury, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease. However, the direct implication of SIRT2 in ischemic stroke is still unclear. In the present study, we observed that ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Xie XQ,Zhang P,Tian B,Chen XQ

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by the appearance of motor symptoms many years after the onset of neurodegeneration, which explains low efficiency of therapy. Therefore, one of the priorities in neurology is to develop an early diagnosis and preventive treatment of PD, based on knowledge of molecular mechani...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Mingazov ER,Khakimova GR,Kozina EA,Medvedev AE,Buneeva OA,Bazyan AS,Ugrumov MV

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neural crest is a transient embryonic structure that gives rise to a multitude of different cell types in the vertebrate. As such, it is an ideal model to study the processes of vertebrate differentiation and development. This review focuses on two major questions related to neural crest development. The first que...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Murphy M,Bartlett PF

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been reported that the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway regulates neuronal differentiation of neural stem cells (NSCs) derived from rats or mice and is essential for the self-renewal of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). However, the roles of ...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Lee JE,Lim MS,Park JH,Park CH,Koh HC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) to differentiate into retinal tissue has led to many attempts to direct this process to yield specific retinal cell types. The ability to do so would greatly impact both the study of normal retina development in model systems that can be precisely controlled and the generat...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Lu AQ,Barnstable CJ

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent genome-wide association study conducted in Caucasians has identified glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase (QPCT) gene as a susceptibility gene for schizophrenia, as its common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2373000 was significantly associated with the risk of this disease. To date, this finding has no...

journal_title：Molecular neurobiology

authors： Zhang QQ,Jiang T,Gu LZ,Zhu XC,Zhao HD,Gao Q,Zhu HQ,Zhou JS,Zhang YD

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00