Tau molecular diversity contributes to clinical heterogeneity in Alzheimer's disease

S Dujardin, C Commins, A Lathuiliere, P Beerepoot… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) causes unrelenting, progressive cognitive impairments, but its
course is heterogeneous, with a broad range of rates of cognitive decline. The spread of tau …

Structural tract alterations predict downstream tau accumulation in amyloid-positive older individuals

HIL Jacobs, T Hedden, AP Schultz, J Sepulcre… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Animal models of Alzheimer's disease have suggested that tau pathology propagation,
facilitated by amyloid pathology, may occur along connected pathways. To investigate these …

Tau impairs neural circuits, dominating amyloid-β effects, in Alzheimer models in vivo

MA Busche, S Wegmann, S Dujardin, C Commins… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The coexistence of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles in the neocortex is
linked to neural system failure and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease. However, the …

The role of microglia in processing and spreading of bioactive tau seeds in Alzheimer's disease

SC Hopp, Y Lin, D Oakley, AD Roe, SL DeVos… - Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Misfolding of microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) within neurons into
neurofibrillary tangles is an important pathological feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Tau …

Microglial activation and connectivity in Alzheimer disease and aging

BS Rauchmann, M Brendel, N Franzmeier… - Annals of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by amyloid β (Aβ) plaques and
neurofibrillary tau tangles, but increasing evidence suggests that neuroinflammation also …

TREM2-independent oligodendrocyte, astrocyte, and T cell responses to tau and amyloid pathology in mouse models of Alzheimer disease

SH Lee, MG Rezzonico, BA Friedman, MH Huntley… - Cell Reports, 2021 - cell.com
Non-neuronal responses in neurodegenerative disease have received increasing attention
as important contributors to disease pathogenesis and progression. Here we utilize single …

Neurogenetic contributions to amyloid beta and tau spreading in the human cortex

J Sepulcre, MJ Grothe, F d'Oleire Uquillas… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Tau and amyloid beta (Aβ) proteins accumulate along neuronal circuits in Alzheimer's
disease. Unraveling the genetic background for the regional vulnerability of these …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced tau aggregation in the presence of amyloid β

RE Bennett, SL DeVos, S Dujardin, B Corjuc… - The American journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles co-occur in Alzheimer disease, but with different
topological and temporal patterns. Whether these two lesions are independent or …

Functional brain architecture is associated with the rate of tau accumulation in Alzheimer's disease

N Franzmeier, J Neitzel, A Rubinski, R Smith… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
In Alzheimer's diseases (AD), tau pathology is strongly associated with cognitive decline.
Preclinical evidence suggests that tau spreads across connected neurons in an activity …

Plaque contact and unimpaired Trem2 is required for the microglial response to amyloid pathology

JI Wood, E Wong, R Joghee, A Balbaa, KS Vitanova… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Using spatial cell-type-enriched transcriptomics, we compare plaque-induced gene (PIG)
expression in microglia-touching plaques, neighboring plaques, and far from plaques in an …