When hippocampal and cortical cultures were pre-treated with dorsomorphin, an inhibitor of BMP-2 signaling, Smad 1/5/8 phosphorylation diminished with a substantial trend toward significance (p = 0.051).
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Intracellular amyloid beta expression leads to dysregulation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase and bone morphogenetic protein-2 signaling axis.
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Although an increase in BMP-2 responsiveness that approached acceptable levels of statistical significance (p = 0.052) was observed ( Table 6 ), further investigation may be necessary before making an explicit conclusion regarding the morphogen sensitivity of hippocampal cells in the context of iAβ expression.