2016
Cellular prion protein as a receptor for amyloid-β oligomers in Alzheimer's disease
Salazar SV, Strittmatter SM. Cellular prion protein as a receptor for amyloid-β oligomers in Alzheimer's disease. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 2016, 483: 1143-1147. PMID: 27639648, PMCID: PMC5303667, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.09.062.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular prion proteinPrion proteinSignal transduction downstreamDisease pathophysiologyNeuronal surfaceMetabotropic glutamate receptor 5Neuronal cell surface moleculesGlutamate receptor 5Disease-associated stateAlzheimer's disease pathophysiologyAltered signal transductionTransduction downstreamSignal transductionGenetic evidenceSpecificity of bindingPyk2 kinaseCell surface moleculesFyn kinaseSynaptic dysfunctionAβO toxicitySynaptic transmissionMouse modelIntervention sitesReceptor 5Alzheimer's disease
2013
Amyloid-β induced signaling by cellular prion protein and Fyn kinase in Alzheimer disease
Um JW, Strittmatter SM. Amyloid-β induced signaling by cellular prion protein and Fyn kinase in Alzheimer disease. Prion 2013, 7: 37-41. PMID: 22987042, PMCID: PMC3609048, DOI: 10.4161/pri.22212.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCellular prion proteinPrion proteinSignal transduction downstreamTransduction downstreamAlzheimer's diseaseFyn kinaseFunctional consequencesAβ oligomersAmyloid-β OligomersNeuronal surfaceHigh-affinity receptorOligomer complexesAD-related phenotypesCentral roleProteinAD pathogenesisRecent evidencePrevalent causeTherapeutic interventionsFynKinaseOligomersPhenotypeDiseaseDownstream