Tau in physiology and pathology

Y Wang, E Mandelkow - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
Tau is a microtubule-associated protein that has a role in stabilizing neuronal microtubules
and thus in promoting axonal outgrowth. Structurally, tau is a natively unfolded protein, is …

Traumatic brain injuries

K Blennow, DL Brody, PM Kochanek, H Levin… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2016 - nature.com
Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are clinically grouped by severity: mild, moderate and severe.
Mild TBI (the least severe form) is synonymous with concussion and is typically caused by …

Chronic impact of traumatic brain injury on outcome and quality of life: a narrative review

N Stocchetti, ER Zanier - Critical Care, 2016 - Springer
Traditionally seen as a sudden, brutal event with short-term impairment, traumatic brain
injury (TBI) may cause persistent, sometimes life-long, consequences. While mortality after …

Traumatic axonal injury: mechanisms and translational opportunities

CS Hill, MP Coleman, DK Menon - Trends in neurosciences, 2016 - cell.com
Traumatic axonal injury (TAI) is an important pathoanatomical subgroup of traumatic brain
injury (TBI) and a major driver of mortality and functional impairment. Experimental models …

Neuroinflammation in animal models of traumatic brain injury

CC Chiu, YE Liao, LY Yang, JY Wang… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2016 - Elsevier
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide.
Neuroinflammation is prominent in the short and long-term consequences of neuronal …

Microglial neuroinflammation contributes to tau accumulation in chronic traumatic encephalopathy

JD Cherry, Y Tripodis, VE Alvarez, B Huber… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2016 - Springer
The chronic effects of repetitive head impacts (RHI) on the development of
neuroinflammation and its relationship to chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) are …

The isomerase PIN1 controls numerous cancer-driving pathways and is a unique drug target

XZ Zhou, KP Lu - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2016 - nature.com
Targeted drugs have changed cancer treatment but are often ineffective in the long term
against solid tumours, largely because of the activation of heterogeneous oncogenic …

Melatonin attenuates traumatic brain injury‐induced inflammation: a possible role for mitophagy

C Lin, H Chao, Z Li, X Xu, Y Liu, L Hou… - Journal of pineal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Melatonin functions as a crucial mediator of sterile neuroinflammation; however, the
underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Dysfunctional mitochondria, a main …

Preliminary study of plasma exosomal tau as a potential biomarker for chronic traumatic encephalopathy

RA Stern, Y Tripodis, CM Baugh… - Journal of …, 2016 - content.iospress.com
Background: Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a tauopathy associated with prior
exposure to repetitive head impacts, such as those incurred through American football and …

Chronic repetitive mild traumatic brain injury results in reduced cerebral blood flow, axonal injury, gliosis, and increased T-tau and tau oligomers

JO Ojo, B Mouzon, M Algamal, P Leary… - J Neuropathol Exp …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Exposure to repetitive mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a risk factor for chronic traumatic
encephalopathy, which is characterized by patchy deposition of hyperphosphorylated tau …