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The role of p38 MAPK and its substrates in neuronal plasticity and neurodegenerative disease

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Corrêa, Sônia A. L. and Eales, Katherine L. (2012) The role of p38 MAPK and its substrates in neuronal plasticity and neurodegenerative disease. Journal of Signal Transduction, Vol.2012 . Article no. 649079. doi:10.1155/2012/649079 ISSN 2090-1739.

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Abstract

A significant amount of evidence suggests that the p38-mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signalling cascade plays a crucial role in synaptic plasticity and in neurodegenerative diseases. In this review we will discuss the cellular localisation and activation of p38 MAPK and the recent advances on the molecular and cellular mechanisms of its substrates: MAPKAPK 2 (MK2) and tau protein. In particular we will focus our attention on the understanding of the p38 MAPK-MK2 and p38 MAPK-tau activation axis in controlling neuroinflammation, actin remodelling and tau hyperphosphorylation, processes that are thought to be involved in normal ageing as well as in neurodegenerative diseases. We will also give some insight into how elucidating the precise role of p38 MAPK-MK2 and p38 MAPK-tau signalling cascades may help to identify novel therapeutic targets to slow down the symptoms observed in neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QP Physiology
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- )
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Nervous system -- Degeneration, Neuroplasticity, Protein kinases
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Signal Transduction
Publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
ISSN: 2090-1739
Official Date: 2012
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Volume: Vol.2012
Page Range: Article no. 649079
DOI: 10.1155/2012/649079
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit: 1 August 2016
Date of first compliant Open Access: 1 August 2016
Funder: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Great Britain) (BBSRC), University of Warwick
Grant number: BB/H018344/1 (BBSRC), BB/J02127X/1 (BBSRC)

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