Inhibition of Wnt signaling, modulation of Tau phosphorylation and induction of neuronal cell death by DKK1

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 254-265

  Scali, Carla ^a   Caraci, Filippo ^b   Gianfriddo, Marco ^a   Diodato, Enrica ^a   Roncarati, Renza ^a   Pollio, Giuseppe ^a   Gaviraghi, Giovanni ^a   Copani, Agata ^b,c   Nicoletti, Ferdinando ^c,d,e   Terstappen, Georg C ^a   Caricasole, Andrea ^a  

^a Siena Biotech SpA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3 INHIBITOR; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; LITHIUM ION; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN ANTAGONIST;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REGION; CELL DEATH; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FETUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BASAL NUCLEUS OF MEYNERT; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; BRAIN; CELL DEATH; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GLIOSIS; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LITHIUM; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TAU PROTEINS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 33749994957     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2006.06.016     Document Type: Article

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