Two sides of the same coin: Wnt signaling in neurodegeneration and neuro-oncology

Bioscience Reports

Volumn 25, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 309-327

  Caricasole, A ^a   Bakker, A ^a   Copani, A ^b   Nicoletti, F ^c   Gaviraghi, G ^a   Terstappen, G C ^a  

^a Siena Biotech SpA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; CNS tumors; Neuro oncology; Neurodegeneration; Therapeutic intervention; Tractable drug targets; Wnt modulators; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

2 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 3 (1 METHYL 3 INDOLYL)MALEIMIDE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARA 014418; CHIR 99021; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3 INHIBITOR; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; IMATINIB; INDIRUBIN; INDOMETACIN; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALEIMIDE DERIVATIVE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PAULLONE DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A; SULINDAC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CYTOSKELETON; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NEUROLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEOPLASMS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

ARA;

EID: 28244440252     PISSN: 01448463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10540-005-2893-6     Document Type: Review

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