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57
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12957
World Ranking
4323
National Ranking
248

Best Publications

  • Dopamine-dependent neurotoxicity of alpha-synuclein: a mechanism for selective neurodegeneration in Parkinson disease.

    Jin Xu;Shyan Yuan Kao;Frank J S Lee;Weihong Song

  • Hypoxia facilitates Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis by up-regulating BACE1 gene expression

    Xiulian Sun;Guiqiong He;Guiqiong He;Hong Qing;Weihui Zhou

  • Morris Water Maze Test for Learning and Memory Deficits in Alzheimer's Disease Model Mice

    Kelley Bromley-Brits;Yu Deng;Weihong Song

  • Presenilins are required for γ -secretase cleavage of β -APP and transmembrane cleavage of Notch-1

    Zhuohua Zhang;Philip Nadeau;Weihong Song;Dorit Donoviel

  • Proteolytic release and nuclear translocation of Notch-1 are induced by presenilin-1 and impaired by pathogenic presenilin-1 mutations.

    Weihong Song;Philip Nadeau;Menglan Yuan;Xudong Yang

  • Increased NF-κB signalling up-regulates BACE1 expression and its therapeutic potential in Alzheimer's disease.

    Chia-Hsiung Chen;Weihui Zhou;Shengchun Liu;Yu Deng

  • Inhibition of GSK3β-mediated BACE1 expression reduces Alzheimer-associated phenotypes

    Philip T.T. Ly;Yili Wu;Haiyan Zou;Ruitao Wang

  • Valproic acid inhibits Aβ production, neuritic plaque formation, and behavioral deficits in Alzheimer's disease mouse models

    Hong Qing;Guiqiong He;Philip T. T. Ly;Christopher J. Fox

  • Transcriptional Regulation of BACE1, the β-Amyloid Precursor Protein β-Secretase, by Sp1

    Michelle A. Christensen;Weihui Zhou;Hong Qing;Anna Lehman

  • Physiological amyloid-beta clearance in the periphery and its therapeutic potential for Alzheimer's disease.

    Yang Xiang;Xian‑Le Bu;Yu‑Hui Liu;Chi Zhu

  • Oxidative stress potentiates BACE1 gene expression and Aβ generation

    Y. Tong;W. Zhou;V. Fung;M. A. Christensen

  • Molecular links between Alzheimer’s disease and diabetes mellitus

    Y. Yang;W. Song

  • Blood-derived amyloid-β protein induces Alzheimer's disease pathologies

    Bu Xl;Xiang Y;Jin Ws;Wang J

  • Long-term potentiation decay and memory loss are mediated by AMPAR endocytosis

    Zhifang Dong;Huili Han;Hongjie Li;Yanrui Bai

  • The role of APP and BACE1 trafficking in APP processing and amyloid-β generation

    Xiaojie Zhang;Weihong Song

  • BACE2, as a novel APP θ-secretase, is not responsible for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease in Down syndrome

    Xiulian Sun;Guiqiong He;Guiqiong He;Weihong Song

  • Modifications and Trafficking of APP in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease.

    Xin Wang;Xuan Zhou;Gongying Li;Yun Zhang

  • Distinct transcriptional regulation and function of the human BACE2 and BACE1 genes

    Xiulian Sun;Yingcheng Wang;Yingcheng Wang;Hong Qing;Michelle A. Christensen

  • Degradation of regulator of calcineurin 1 (RCAN1) is mediated by both chaperone-mediated autophagy and ubiquitin proteasome pathways

    Heng Liu;Pin Wang;Weihong Song;Xiulian Sun

  • Overexpression of ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1) delays Alzheimer's progression in vivo

    Mingming Zhang;Fang Cai;Shuting Zhang;Si Zhang

  • Regulator of calcineurin 1 (RCAN1) facilitates neuronal apoptosis through caspase 3 activation

    Xiu Lian Sun;Yi Li Wu;Bin Chen;Zhuohua Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu Tian Wang
Yu Tian Wang University of British Columbia
Xin-Fu Zhou
Xin-Fu Zhou University of South Australia
Bruce A. Yankner
Bruce A. Yankner Harvard University
Matthias Staufenbiel
Matthias Staufenbiel University of Tübingen
Robert A. Holt
Robert A. Holt BC Cancer Research Institute
William G. Honer
William G. Honer University of British Columbia
Claudia Balducci
Claudia Balducci Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Huaxi Xu
Huaxi Xu Xiamen University
Catherine M. Cahill
Catherine M. Cahill University of California, Los Angeles
Zhou-Feng Chen
Zhou-Feng Chen Washington University in St. Louis

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