Tauopathies-focus on changes at the neurovascular unit

A Michalicova, WA Banks, J Legath… - Current Alzheimer …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
In the past, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been characterized mainly as a layer of
endothelial cells forming the vessel/capillary wall of the brain. More recently, the BBB is …

Tau protein and its role in blood–brain barrier dysfunction

A Michalicova, P Majerova, A Kovac - Frontiers in molecular …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) plays a crucial role in maintaining the specialized
microenvironment of the central nervous system (CNS). In aging, the stability of the BBB …

Brain vasculature accumulates tau and is spatially related to tau tangle pathology in Alzheimer's disease

Z Hoglund, N Ruiz-Uribe, E Del Sastre, B Woost… - Acta …, 2024 - Springer
Insoluble pathogenic proteins accumulate along blood vessels in conditions of cerebral
amyloid angiopathy (CAA), exerting a toxic effect on vascular cells and impacting cerebral …

Mechanisms linking cerebrovascular dysfunction and tauopathy: Adding a layer of epiregulatory complexity

YA Kim, M Mellen, C Kizil… - British Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Intracellular accumulation of hyperphosphorylated misfolded tau proteins are found in many
neurodegenerative tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Tau pathology can …

Impact of tau on neurovascular pathology in Alzheimer's disease

E Canepa, S Fossati - Frontiers in neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder and the most prevalent
cause of dementia. The main cerebral histological hallmarks are represented by …

[HTML][HTML] Cerebral microvascular accumulation of tau oligomers in Alzheimer's disease and related tauopathies

DL Castillo-Carranza, AN Nilson, CE Van Skike… - Aging and …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The importance of vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID)
associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related neurodegenerative diseases is …

Tau depletion prevents progressive blood-brain barrier damage in a mouse model of tauopathy

LJ Blair, HD Frauen, B Zhang, BA Nordhues… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2015 - Springer
Introduction The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is damaged in tauopathies, including progressive
supranuclear palsy (PSP) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), which is thought to contribute to …

Tau reduction in aged mice does not impact Microangiopathy

RE Bennett, M Hu, A Fernandes… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2020 - Springer
Microangiopathy, including proliferation of small diameter capillaries, increasing vessel
tortuosity, and increased capillary blockage by leukocytes, was previously observed in the …

Human truncated tau is using a different mechanism from amyloid-β to damage the blood-brain barrier

A Kovac, M Zilkova, MA Deli, N Zilka… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2009 - content.iospress.com
Recent findings showed that vascular dysfunction is an integral part of Alzheimer's disease
pathology. Increased microvascular permeability is mainly associated with cerebrovascular …

Trafficking of immune cells across the blood-brain barrier is modulated by neurofibrillary pathology in tauopathies

P Majerova, A Michalicova, M Cente, J Hanes, J Vegh… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Tauopathies represent a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders
characterized by abnormal deposition of the hyperphosphorylated microtubule-associated …