The Wnt antagonist, Dickkopf-1, as a target for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2401-2406

  Caraci, Filippo ^a   Busceti, Carla ^b   Biagioni, Francesca ^b   Aronica, Eleonora ^c   Mastroiacovo, Federica ^b   Cappuccio, Irene ^d   Battaglia, Giuseppe ^b   Bruno, Valeria ^b,d   Caricasole, Andrea ^e   Copani, Agata ^a,f   Nicoletti, Ferdinando ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e SienaBiotech   (Italy)

^f CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catenin; Canonical Wnt pathway; Dkk 1; Lithium; Neurodegeneration; Neuronal death

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; DICKKOPF 1 ANTAGONIST; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; KAINIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT ANTAGONIST; WNT PROTEIN;

DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EXCITOTOXICITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; WNT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 56349085908     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-008-9710-0     Document Type: Review

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