Tau-targeting therapies for Alzheimer disease

EE Congdon, EM Sigurdsson - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2018 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Pathologically, AD is
characterized by amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, with associated …

Amyloid-β and tau complexity—towards improved biomarkers and targeted therapies

JC Polanco, C Li, LG Bodea… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Most neurodegenerative diseases are proteinopathies, which are characterized by the
aggregation of misfolded proteins. Although many proteins have an intrinsic propensity to …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in developing novel therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's disease

J Cao, J Hou, J Ping, D Cai - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease of aging,
affects one in eight older Americans. Nearly all drug treatments tested for AD today have …

Tau proteins and tauopathies in Alzheimer's disease

FP Chong, KY Ng, RY Koh, SM Chye - Cellular and molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by progressive memory loss and cognitive
function deficits. There are two major pathological hallmarks that contribute to the …

Concussion, microvascular injury, and early tauopathy in young athletes after impact head injury and an impact concussion mouse model

CA Tagge, AM Fisher, OV Minaeva… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The mechanisms underpinning concussion, traumatic brain injury, and chronic traumatic
encephalopathy, and the relationships between these disorders, are poorly understood. We …

[HTML][HTML] Tau in neurodegenerative disease

YL Gao, N Wang, FR Sun, XP Cao… - Annals of translational …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tau, a microtubule-associated protein, is the main component of the intracellular filamentous
inclusions that are involved in neurodegenerative diseases known as tauopathies, including …

ReMAPping the microtubule landscape: How phosphorylation dictates the activities of microtubule‐associated proteins

A Ramkumar, BY Jong… - Developmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Classical microtubule‐associated proteins (MAPs) were originally identified based on their
co‐purification with microtubules assembled from mammalian brain lysate. They have since …

[HTML][HTML] Arsenic targets Pin1 and cooperates with retinoic acid to inhibit cancer-driving pathways and tumor-initiating cells

S Kozono, YM Lin, HS Seo, B Pinch, X Lian… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Arsenic trioxide (ATO) and all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) combination safely cures fatal acute
promyelocytic leukemia, but their mechanisms of action and efficacy are not fully …

Induction of a transmissible tau pathology by traumatic brain injury

ER Zanier, I Bertani, E Sammali, F Pischiutta… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Traumatic brain injury is a risk factor for subsequent neurodegenerative disease, including
chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a tauopathy mostly associated with repetitive concussion …

[HTML][HTML] The inflammatory continuum of traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's disease

ON Kokiko-Cochran, JP Godbout - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The post-injury inflammatory response is a key mediator in long-term recovery from
traumatic brain injury (TBI). Moreover, the immune response to TBI, mediated by microglia …