GSK3β and tau protein in Alzheimer's Disease and epilepsy

D Toral-Rios, PS Pichardo-Rojas… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia present in older adults; its
etiology involves genetic and environmental factors. In recent years, epidemiological studies …

GSK‐3β at the Intersection of Neuronal Plasticity and Neurodegeneration

T Jaworski, E Banach-Kasper, K Gralec - Neural plasticity, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In neurons, Glycogen Synthase Kinase‐3β (GSK‐3β) has been shown to regulate various
critical processes underlying structural and functional synaptic plasticity. Mouse models with …

Molecular and clinical aspects of drug-induced gingival overgrowth

PC Trackman, A Kantarci - Journal of dental research, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Drug-induced gingival overgrowth is a tissue-specific condition and is estimated to affect
approximately one million North Americans. Lesions occur principally as side-effects from …

Autophagy and autophagy signaling in Epilepsy: Possible role of autophagy activator

NH Ali, HM Al-Kuraishy, AI Al-Gareeb, SA Alnaaim… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Autophagy is an explicit cellular process to deliver dissimilar cytoplasmic misfolded proteins,
lipids and damaged organelles to the lysosomes for degradation and elimination. The …

[HTML][HTML] The potential of antiseizure drugs and agents that act on novel molecular targets as antiepileptogenic treatments

RM Kaminski, MA Rogawski, H Klitgaard - Neurotherapeutics, 2014 - Elsevier
A major goal of contemporary epilepsy research is the identification of therapies to prevent
the development of recurrent seizures in individuals at risk, including those with brain …

Specific binding of lacosamide to collapsin response mediator protein 2 (CRMP2) and direct impairment of its canonical function: implications for the therapeutic …

SM Wilson, R Khanna - Molecular neurobiology, 2015 - Springer
The novel antiepileptic drug lacosamide (LCM; SPM927, Vimpat®) has been heralded as
having a dual-mode of action through interactions with both the voltage-gated sodium …

Identification of GSK-3 as a potential therapeutic entry point for epilepsy

N Aourz, ASK Serruys, JN Chabwine… - ACS chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In view of the clinical need for new antiseizure drugs (ASDs) with novel modes of action, we
used a zebrafish seizure model to screen the anticonvulsant activity of medicinal plants used …

Lovastatin protects neurite degeneration in LRRK2-G2019S parkinsonism through activating the Akt/Nrf pathway and inhibiting GSK3β activity

CH Lin, HI Lin, ML Chen, TT Lai, LP Cao… - Human molecular …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that lacks a disease-
modifying therapy. Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) was implicated as the most …

[HTML][HTML] Control of neuronal excitability by GSK-3beta: Epilepsy and beyond

T Jaworski - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2020 - Elsevier
Glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK-3β) is an enzyme with a variety of cellular functions
in addition to the regulation of glycogen metabolism. In the central nervous system, different …

Bi-directional genetic modulation of GSK-3β exacerbates hippocampal neuropathology in experimental status epilepticus

T Engel, R Gómez-Sintes, M Alves… - Cell death & …, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is ubiquitously expressed throughout the
brain and involved in vital molecular pathways such as cell survival and synaptic …