Nsikan E. Akpan, Ph.D.

Affiliations: 
Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine Columbia University, New York, NY 
Area:
Neuronal Apoptosis
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Carol M. Troy grad student 2013 Columbia
 (The Intrinsic Caspase Death Pathway in Stroke Neurodegeneration.)
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Lee L, Dale E, Staniszewski A, et al. (2014) Regulation of synaptic plasticity and cognition by SUMO in normal physiology and Alzheimer's disease. Scientific Reports. 4: 7190
Blanch RJ, Ahmed Z, Thompson AR, et al. (2014) Caspase-9 mediates photoreceptor death after blunt ocular trauma. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 55: 6350-7
Vigneswara V, Akpan N, Berry M, et al. (2014) Combined suppression of CASP2 and CASP6 protects retinal ganglion cells from apoptosis and promotes axon regeneration through CNTF-mediated JAK/STAT signalling. Brain : a Journal of Neurology. 137: 1656-75
Akpan N, Troy CM. (2013) Caspase inhibitors: prospective therapies for stroke. The Neuroscientist : a Review Journal Bringing Neurobiology, Neurology and Psychiatry. 19: 129-36
Tamayev R, Akpan N, Arancio O, et al. (2012) Caspase-9 mediates synaptic plasticity and memory deficits of Danish dementia knock-in mice: caspase-9 inhibition provides therapeutic protection. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 7: 60
Akpan N, Serrano-Saiz E, Zacharia BE, et al. (2011) Intranasal delivery of caspase-9 inhibitor reduces caspase-6-dependent axon/neuron loss and improves neurological function after stroke. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 31: 8894-904
Troy CM, Akpan N, Jean YY. (2011) Regulation of caspases in the nervous system implications for functions in health and disease. Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science. 99: 265-305
Ribe EM, Serrano-Saiz E, Akpan N, et al. (2008) Mechanisms of neuronal death in disease: defining the models and the players. The Biochemical Journal. 415: 165-82
Akpan N, Caradonna K, Chuenkova MV, et al. (2008) Chagas' disease parasite-derived neurotrophic factor activates cholinergic gene expression in neuronal PC12 cells. Brain Research. 1217: 195-202
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