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SUBMITTER: Nguyen HTH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6718610 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nguyen Huynh T H HTH Wood Rhiannon J RJ Prawdiuk Alexa R AR Furness Sebastian G B SGB Xiao Junhua J Murray Simon S SS Fletcher Jessica L JL
Frontiers in molecular neuroscience 20190827
The neurotrophin, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) promotes central nervous system (CNS) myelination during development and after injury. This is achieved <i>via</i> activation of oligodendrocyte-expressed tropomyosin-related kinase (Trk) B receptors. However, while administration of BDNF has shown beneficial effects, BDNF itself has a poor pharmacokinetic profile. Here, we compare two TrkB-targeted BDNF-mimetics, the structural-mimetic, tricyclic dimeric peptide-6 (TDP6) and the non-pep ...[more]