Synaptic degeneration in Alzheimer disease

M Tzioras, RI McGeachan, CS Durrant… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by progressive cognitive decline in older
individuals accompanied by the presence of two pathological protein aggregates—amyloid …

Amyloid β-based therapy for Alzheimer's disease: Challenges, successes and future

Y Zhang, H Chen, R Li, K Sterling… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyloid β protein (Aβ) is the main component of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's disease
(AD), and its accumulation has been considered as the molecular driver of Alzheimer's …

[HTML][HTML] Tau interactome maps synaptic and mitochondrial processes associated with neurodegeneration

TE Tracy, J Madero-Pérez, DL Swaney, TS Chang… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Tau (MAPT) drives neuronal dysfunction in Alzheimer disease (AD) and other tauopathies.
To dissect the underlying mechanisms, we combined an engineered ascorbic acid …

Tau: Enabler of diverse brain disorders and target of rapidly evolving therapeutic strategies

CW Chang, E Shao, L Mucke - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND The microtubule-associated protein tau has been implicated in the
pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and a range of other neurodegenerative disorders …

Tau kinetics in neurons and the human central nervous system

C Sato, NR Barthélemy, KG Mawuenyega… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
We developed stable isotope labeling and mass spectrometry approaches to measure the
kinetics of multiple isoforms and fragments of tau in the human central nervous system …

Roles of tau protein in health and disease

T Guo, W Noble, DP Hanger - Acta neuropathologica, 2017 - Springer
Tau is well established as a microtubule-associated protein in neurons. However, under
pathological conditions, aberrant assembly of tau into insoluble aggregates is accompanied …

Mitochondria and calcium in Alzheimer's disease: from cell signaling to neuronal cell death

M Calvo-Rodriguez, BJ Bacskai - Trends in neurosciences, 2021 - cell.com
Mitochondrial dysfunction has been implicated in the pathogenesis of almost all
neurological diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Historically, a primary focus in …

[HTML][HTML] MAPT mutations, tauopathy, and mechanisms of neurodegeneration

KH Strang, TE Golde, BI Giasson - Laboratory investigation, 2019 - Elsevier
In multiple neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), a prominent
pathological feature is the aberrant aggregation and inclusion formation of the microtubule …

Phosphorylated tau interactome in the human Alzheimer's disease brain

E Drummond, G Pires, C MacMurray, M Askenazi… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Accumulation of phosphorylated tau is a key pathological feature of Alzheimer's disease.
Phosphorylated tau accumulation causes synaptic impairment, neuronal dysfunction and …

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 …