MAP kinase signaling cascade dysfunction specific to Alzheimer's disease in fibroblasts

WQ Zhao, L Ravindranath, AS Mohamed, O Zohar… - Neurobiology of …, 2002 - Elsevier
Mitogen-activated protein kinases (such as Erk1/2) regulate phosphorylation of the
microtubule-associated protein tau and processing of the amyloid protein β, both events …

The role of mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways in Alzheimer's disease

X Zhu, H Lee, AK Raina, G Perry, MA Smith - Neurosignals, 2002 - karger.com
Given the critical role of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways in regulating
cellular processes that are affected in Alzheimer's disease (AD), the importance of MAPKs in …

Up-regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinases ERK1/2 and MEK1/2 is associated with the progression of neurofibrillary degeneration in Alzheimer's disease

JJ Pei, H Braak, WL An, B Winblad, RF Cowburn… - Molecular brain …, 2002 - Elsevier
The abnormal hyperphosphorylation of tau in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been proposed
to involve the extracellular-signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK) of the mitogen-activated …

Impairment of phosphatase 2A contributes to the prolonged MAP kinase phosphorylation in Alzheimer's disease fibroblasts

WQ Zhao, C Feng, DL Alkon - Neurobiology of disease, 2003 - Elsevier
The serine/threonine phosphatase 2A (PP2A) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) due to its important role in regulating dephosphorylation of the …

Networking with proline-directed protein kinases implicated in tau phosphorylation

SL Pelech - Neurobiology of aging, 1995 - Elsevier
Proline-directed kinases such as the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases, cyclin-
dependent protein kinase 5 (CDK5) and glycogen synthase 3 (GSK3) have been implicated …

ERK (MAPK) does not phosphorylate tau under physiological conditions in vivo or in vitro

A Noël, I Poitras, J Julien, FR Petry, F Morin… - Neurobiology of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the deposition of intracellular aggregates of
hyperphosphorylated tau protein. Tau hyperphosphorylation has been attributed in part to …

Distribution, levels, and activation of MEK1 in Alzheimer's disease

X Zhu, Z Sun, H Lee, SL Siedlak… - Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular‐signal‐regulated kinase (ERK) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of
Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the upstream cascade leading to ERK activation has not been …

Neuron-specific alterations in signal transduction pathways associated with Alzheimer's disease

A Gerschütz, H Heinsen, E Grünblatt… - Journal of …, 2014 - content.iospress.com
The hallmarks of sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) are extracellular amyloid deposits,
intracellular neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), and neuronal death. Hyperphosphorylation of tau …

Phosphorylated map kinase (ERK1, ERK2) expression is associated with early tau deposition in neurones and glial cells, but not with increased nuclear DNA …

I Ferrer, R Blanco, M Carmona, R Ribera… - Brain …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Abnormal tau phosphorylation and deposition in neurones and glial cells is one of the major
features in tau pathies. The present study examines the involvement of the Ras/MEK/ERK …

Astroglial activation of extracellular-regulated kinase in early stages of Alzheimer disease

B Webster, L Hansen, A Adame, L Crews… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Characterization of the earliest neuropathologic features of Alzheimer disease (AD)
indicates that synaptic degeneration accompanied by tau hyperphosphorylation and …