The umbrella term"neurodege ne rative disorders"(NDDs) refers to several conditions characterized by a progressive loss of structure and function of cells belonging to the nervous system.Such diseases affect...The umbrella term"neurodege ne rative disorders"(NDDs) refers to several conditions characterized by a progressive loss of structure and function of cells belonging to the nervous system.Such diseases affect more than 50million people worldwide.Neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by sundry factors and pathophysiological mechanisms that a re challenging to be fully profiled.Many of these rely on cell signaling pathways to preserve homeostasis,involving second messengers such as cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)and cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate(cGMP).Their ability to control the duration and amplitude of the signaling cascade is given by the presence of several common and uncommon effectors.Protein kinases A and G (PKA and PKG),phosphodiesterases (PDEs),and scaffold proteins are among them.展开更多
文摘The umbrella term"neurodege ne rative disorders"(NDDs) refers to several conditions characterized by a progressive loss of structure and function of cells belonging to the nervous system.Such diseases affect more than 50million people worldwide.Neurodegenerative disorders are characterized by sundry factors and pathophysiological mechanisms that a re challenging to be fully profiled.Many of these rely on cell signaling pathways to preserve homeostasis,involving second messengers such as cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)and cyclic guanosine 3',5'-monophosphate(cGMP).Their ability to control the duration and amplitude of the signaling cascade is given by the presence of several common and uncommon effectors.Protein kinases A and G (PKA and PKG),phosphodiesterases (PDEs),and scaffold proteins are among them.
