Pathogenic role of glial cells in Parkinson's disease

…, K Tieu, O Cohen, DK Choi, DC Wu… - … : official journal of the …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
An erratum for this article appears in the January, 2004 issue of Movement Disorders ( Mov
Disord 2004;19:119 ). Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder …

Towards new anticancer drugs: a decade of advances in synthesis of camptothecins and related alkaloids

W Du - Tetrahedron, 2003 - Elsevier
1. Introduction 8649 2. The C-ring construction approach 8651 2.1. Comins’s total synthesis
of (þ)-camptothecin and (^)-mappicine 8651 2.2. Glaxo Wellcome’s total synthesis of …

Minocycline inhibits cytochrome c release and delays progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in mice

…, V Ona, M Li, S Sarang, AS Liu, DM Hartley, DC Wu… - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
Minocycline mediates neuroprotection in experimental models of neurodegeneration. It
inhibits the activity 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 of caspase-1, caspase-3, inducible form of nitric oxide …

Dopamine-modified α-synuclein blocks chaperone-mediated autophagy

…, R Hodara, R Fredenburg, DC Wu… - The Journal of …, 2008 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Altered degradation of α-synuclein (α-syn) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of
Parkinson disease (PD). We have shown that α-syn can be degraded via chaperone-mediated …

Cyclooxygenase-2 is instrumental in Parkinson's disease neurodegeneration

P Teismann, K Tieu, DK Choi, DC Wu… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder of uncertain pathogenesis
characterized by the loss of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons, which can be modeled by the …

NADPH oxidase mediates oxidative stress in the 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridine model of Parkinson's disease

DC Wu, P Teismann, K Tieu, M Vila… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder of uncertain pathogenesis
characterized by a loss of substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) dopaminergic (DA) neurons, and …

The role of autophagy in acute myocardial infarction

D Wu, K Zhang, P Hu - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Acute myocardial infarction refers to a sudden death of cardiomyocytes, which leads to a large
mortality worldwide. To attenuate acute myocardial infarction, strategies should be made …

[HTML][HTML] D-β-Hydroxybutyrate rescues mitochondrial respiration and mitigates features of Parkinson disease

…, C Caspersen, P Teismann, DC Wu… - The Journal of …, 2003 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Parkinson disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a loss of the
nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons accompanied by a deficit in mitochondrial respiration. 1-…

Self-renewal as a therapeutic target in human colorectal cancer

…, C Frelin, T Davis, L Cao, R Baiazitov, W Du… - Nature medicine, 2014 - nature.com
Tumor recurrence following treatment remains a major clinical challenge. Evidence from
xenograft models and human trials indicates selective enrichment of cancer-initiating cells (CICs…

Ablation of the inflammatory enzyme myeloperoxidase mitigates features of Parkinson's disease in mice

…, C Perier, K Tieu, P Teismann, DC Wu… - Journal of …, 2005 - Soc Neuroscience
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by a loss of ventral midbrain dopaminergic neurons,
which can be modeled by the neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (…