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ReviewBiomedicines2025

Modulation of BDNF/TrkB Signalling Pathway in Alzheimer's Disease: Mechanistic Insights and the Role of Stem Cell Therapy.

Zairin Zulaikha Harun, Auji Abdul Azhar, Yun-Jin Kim, Farah Wahida Ibrahim, Min-Hwei Ng, Jen-Kit Tan, Yogeswaran Lokanathan

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Review in Biomedicines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. BDNF-amyloid-Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Zairin Zulaikha HarunDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.ORCID 0009-0002-5051-2330
Auji Abdul AzharDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
Yun-Jin KimSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xiamen University Malaysia, Sepang 43900, Selangor, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0001-8853-6587
Farah Wahida IbrahimCenter for Toxicology & Health Risk Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 50300, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-5844-4558
Min-Hwei NgDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.
Jen-Kit TanDepartment of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-0824-0581
Yogeswaran LokanathanDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-9548-6490

Funding

ALPS Global Holding Berhad ETCM/0001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, characterized by the accumulation of amyloid beta (aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, along with progressive deterioration of cognitive function. AD is the most common form of dementia and affects over 55 million people worldwide. Current treatments for AD are symptomatic-based rather than curative, which calls for the development of new therapeutic strategies. Stem cell therapy has shown promising results for neurodegenerative diseases, including AD. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and its receptor, tropomyosin receptor kinase B (TrkB), and their downstream signalling cascades play crucial role in modulating neuronal survival, development and synaptic plasticity, which are vital for cognitive functioning, and this pathway is dysregulated in AD. While the BDNF/TrkB signalling pathway dysregulation and stem cell therapy are each widely studied in AD, the interplay between those two remains underexplored. This review focuses on the mechanistic insights of the BDNF/TrkB signalling pathway in normal physiological condition and AD, along with the effects of stem cell therapy on the pathway and its downstream cascades. The findings highlight the therapeutic outcomes in increasing BDNF/TrkB levels and functions, restoring synaptic plasticity, modulating downstream substrates activities and improving cognitive functions. In addition, challenges, limitations and future directions of stem cell therapy are discussed, underscoring the therapeutic benefits of this therapy for AD by modulating the BDNF/TrkB signalling pathway.

Indexed as

Alzheimer’s diseaseBDNFcognitive functionssignalling pathwaystem cell therapysynaptic plasticityTrkB

Identifiers

PMID41462943
PMCPMC12730497

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