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SUBMITTER: Lonskaya I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3944464 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lonskaya Irina I Hebron Michaeline L ML Desforges Nicole M NM Franjie Alexander A Moussa Charbel E-H CE
EMBO molecular medicine 20130704 8
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are effective therapies for leukaemia. Alzheimer is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by accumulation of β-amyloid (plaques) and hyper-phosphorylated Tau (tangles). Here we show that AD animals have high levels of insoluble parkin and decreased parkin-Beclin-1 interaction, while peripheral administration of TKIs, including Nilotinib and Bosutinib, increases soluble parkin leading to amyloid clearance and cognitive improvement. Blocking Beclin-1 expressio ...[more]