Weiming Xia
Boston University(US)University of Massachusetts Lowell(US)University of Arizona(US)Hong Kong Polytechnic University(HK)Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital(US)Bedford VA Research Corporation(US)VA New England Healthcare System(US)Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center(US)First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University(CN)
Publications by Year
Research Areas
Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding
Most-Cited Works
- → Two transmembrane aspartates in presenilin-1 required for presenilin endoproteolysis and γ-secretase activity(1999)1,916 cited
- → Mutant presenilins of Alzheimer's disease increase production of 42-residue amyloid β-protein in both transfected cells and transgenic mice(1997)1,262 cited
- → Skeletal and CNS Defects in Presenilin-1-Deficient Mice(1997)956 cited
- → Elevated β-secretase expression and enzymatic activity detected in sporadic Alzheimer disease(2003)724 cited
- → Increased App Expression in a Mouse Model of Down's Syndrome Disrupts NGF Transport and Causes Cholinergic Neuron Degeneration(2006)544 cited
- → Transition-state analogue inhibitors of γ-secretase bind directly to presenilin-1(2000)518 cited