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Philip C Wong, Professor of Pathology

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Verified email at jhmi.edu
Cited by 29010

Amyloid precursor protein processing and Alzheimer's disease

RJ O'brien, PC Wong - Annual review of neuroscience, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia worldwide, is characterized by the
accumulation of the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) within the brain along with hyperphosphorylated …

[PDF][PDF] Hepatic encephalopathy in chronic liver disease: 2014 Practice Guideline by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the European …

…, P Ferenci, KD Mullen, K Weissenborn, P Wong - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
They selected references within their field of expertise and experience and graded the
references according to the GRADE system. 1 The selection of references for the guideline was …

Stage-specific control of oligodendrocyte survival and morphogenesis by TDP-43

…, A Waisman, KA Nave, W Möbius, PC Wong… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Generation of oligodendrocytes in the adult brain enables both adaptive changes in neural
circuits and regeneration of myelin sheaths destroyed by injury, disease, and normal aging. …

[PDF][PDF] Choosing wisely Canada-top five list in hepatology: official position statement of the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver (CASL) and Choosing …

…, EL Renner, CS Coffin, EM Yoshida, P Wong… - Annals of …, 2019 - medigraphic.com
Introduction and aim. Introduction and aim. The prevalence and incidence of chronic liver
disease is increasing resulting, in substantial direct and indirect medical costs. Overuse of …

An adverse property of a familial ALS-linked SOD1 mutation causes motor neuron disease characterized by vacuolar degeneration of mitochondria

PC Wong, CA Pardo, DR Borchelt, MK Lee… - Neuron, 1995 - cell.com
Mutations in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) cause a subset of cases of familial
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Four lines of mice accumulating one of these mutant proteins (G37R) …

BACE1 is the major β-secretase for generation of Aβ peptides by neurons

…, H Wen, DR Borchelt, DL Price, PC Wong - Nature …, 2001 - nature.com
Two β-secretases, BACE1 and BACE2, are involved in generation of Alzheimer's disease
Aβ peptides 1, 2, 3. We report that secretion of Aβ peptides (Aβ1–40/42 and Aβ11–40/42) is …

An overview of APP processing enzymes and products

VW Chow, MP Mattson, PC Wong… - Neuromolecular …, 2010 - Springer
The generation of amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) by enzymatic cleavages of the β-amyloid precursor
protein (APP) has been at the center of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research. While the basic …

Presenilin 1 is required for Notch 1 and Dll1 expression in the paraxial mesoderm

PC Wong, H Zheng, H Chen, MW Becher… - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
Approximately 10% of cases of Alzheimer's disease are familial and associated with autosomal
dominant inheritance of mutations in genes encoding the amyloid precursor protein 1 , …

GGGGCC repeat expansion in C9orf72 compromises nucleocytoplasmic transport

…, KH Lee, N Badders, M Valentine, BL Miller, PC Wong… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
The GGGGCC (G 4 C 2 ) repeat expansion in a noncoding region of C9orf72 is the most
common cause of sporadic and familial forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and …

Elevated β-secretase expression and enzymatic activity detected in sporadic Alzheimer disease

…, M Citron, W Xia, XL Yang, T Beach, L Sue, P Wong… - Nature medicine, 2003 - nature.com
To the editor—A critical feature of Alzheimer disease (AD) is the deposition of plaque, which
contains high levels of amyloid-β (Aβ) peptides1. A small subset of AD patients carry the …