A selective p38α/β MAPK inhibitor alleviates neuropathology and cognitive impairment, and modulates microglia function in 5XFAD mouse

MS Gee, SH Son, SH Jeon, J Do, N Kim, YJ Ju… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2020 - Springer
Background Chronic neuroinflammation, aggressive amyloid beta (Aβ) deposition, neuronal
cell loss, and cognitive impairment are pathological presentations of Alzheimer's disease …

A novel p38α MAPK inhibitor suppresses brain proinflammatory cytokine up-regulation and attenuates synaptic dysfunction and behavioral deficits in an Alzheimer's …

L Munoz, HR Ranaivo, SM Roy, W Hu, JM Craft… - Journal of …, 2007 - Springer
Background An accumulating body of evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that
excessive or prolonged increases in proinflammatory cytokine production by activated glia is …

Selective brain-targeted antagonism of p38 MAPKα reduces hippocampal IL-1β levels and improves morris water maze performance in aged rats

JJ Alam - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Background: P38 mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK) α modulates microglia-mediated
inflammatory responses and a number of neuronal physiological processes. Objective: To …

Targeting p38 MAPK pathway for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

L Munoz, AJ Ammit - Neuropharmacology, 2010 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence indicates that p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) could
play more than one role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology and that patients …

Recent advances in the inhibition of p38 MAPK as a potential strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

JK Lee, NJ Kim - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
P38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) is a crucial target for chronic inflammatory
diseases. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the presence of amyloid plaques …

p38α‐MAPK‐deficient myeloid cells ameliorate symptoms and pathology of APP‐transgenic Alzheimer's disease mice

Q Luo, L Schnöder, W Hao, K Litzenburger… - Aging …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, is
pathologically characterized by extracellular deposition of amyloid‐β peptides (Aβ) and …

Role of p38/MAPKs in Alzheimer's disease: implications for amyloid beta toxicity targeted therapy

G Kheiri, M Dolatshahi, F Rahmani… - Reviews in the …, 2018 - degruyter.com
A myriad of environmental and genetic factors, as well as the physiologic process of aging,
contribute to Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. Neuroinflammation is and has been a …

PKR knockout in the 5xFAD model of Alzheimer's disease reveals beneficial effects on spatial memory and brain lesions

M Tible, F Mouton Liger, J Schmitt, A Giralt, K Farid… - Aging …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Brain lesions in Alzheimer's disease (AD) include amyloid plaques made of Aβ peptides and
neurofibrillary tangles composed of hyperphosphorylated tau protein with synaptic and …

Selective suppression of the α isoform of p38 MAPK rescues late-stage tau pathology

N Maphis, S Jiang, G Xu, ON Kokiko-Cochran… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2016 - Springer
Background Hyperphosphorylation and aggregation of tau protein are the pathological
hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease and related tauopathies. We previously demonstrated that …

Chemical knockdown of phosphorylated p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) as a novel approach for the treatment of Alzheimer′ s disease

SH Son, NR Lee, MS Gee, CW Song, SJ Lee… - ACS Central …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) provides unique advantages over gene knockdown in
that it can induce selective degradation of disease-associated proteins attributed to …