Vitamin D interacts with Esr1 and Igf1 to regulate molecular pathways relevant to Alzheimer's disease

Molecular Neurodegeneration

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Landel, Véréna ^a   Millet, Pascal ^a,b   Baranger, Kévin ^a   Loriod, Béatrice ^c   Féron, François ^a  

^a Mediterranée University   (France)

^b HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

^c Aix Marseille university   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Hormonal activity; Inflammatory response; Nervous system; Transcriptome; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SOMATOMEDIN C; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1, MOUSE; VITAMIN D;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOSIS; BRAIN TISSUE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENCY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; KINEMATICS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RADIAL ARM MAZE TEST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR DISEASE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WILD TYPE MOUSE; Y-MAZE TEST; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HIPPOCAMPUS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84978646534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17501326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13024-016-0087-2     Document Type: Article

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