Francis Amara

TGF-β1, regulation of Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein mRNA expression in a normal human astrocyte cell line: mRNA stabilization

Francis Amara, Asad Junaid, Richard R. Clough et al. · Molecular Brain Research · 1999 · 69 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Neuroscience +10

Transforming growth factor-β-induced transcription of the Alzheimer β-amyloid precursor protein gene involves interaction between the CTCF-complex and Smads

Teralee Burton, Binhua Liang, Alex Dibrov et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2002 · 66 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +10

Mammalian ribonucleotide reductase R1 mRNA stability under normal and phorbol ester stimulating conditions: involvement of a cis‐trans interaction at the 3′ untranslated region.

F.Y. Chen, Francis Amara, James R. Wright · The EMBO Journal · 1993 · 65 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +16

Lovastatin protects human neurons against Aβ-induced toxicity and causes activation of β-catenin–TCF/LEF signaling

Pradeep Salins, Salim Shawesh, Yang He et al. · Neuroscience Letters · 2007 · 52 citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +13

A novel transforming growth factor-β₁responsive cytoplasmic frans-acting factor binds selectively to the 3′-untranslated region of mammalian ribonucleotide reductase R2 mRNA: role in message stability

Francis Amara, Frank Chen · Nucleic Acids Research · 1993 · 51 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +14