Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

T Guo, D Zhang, Y Zeng, TY Huang, H Xu… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder seen in age-
dependent dementia. There is currently no effective treatment for AD, which may be …

Tau post-translational modifications: dynamic transformers of tau function, degradation, and aggregation

C Alquezar, S Arya, AW Kao - Frontiers in neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) on tau have long been recognized as affecting
protein function and contributing to neurodegeneration. The explosion of information on …

[HTML][HTML] X-linked ubiquitin-specific peptidase 11 increases tauopathy vulnerability in women

Y Yan, X Wang, D Chaput, MK Shin, Y Koh, L Gan… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Although women experience significantly higher tau burden and increased risk for
Alzheimer's disease (AD) than men, the underlying mechanism for this vulnerability has not …

Posttranslational modifications mediate the structural diversity of tauopathy strains

T Arakhamia, CE Lee, Y Carlomagno, M Kumar… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Tau aggregation into insoluble filaments is the defining pathological hallmark of tauopathies.
However, it is not known what controls the formation and templated seeding of strain-specific …

Exosome-associated tau is secreted in tauopathy models and is selectively phosphorylated in cerebrospinal fluid in early Alzheimer disease

S Saman, WH Kim, M Raya, Y Visnick, S Miro… - Journal of biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
Recent demonstrations that the secretion, uptake, and interneuronal transfer of tau can be
modulated by disease-associated tau modifications suggest that secretion may be an …

Tau in Alzheimer's disease: mechanisms and therapeutic strategies

Y Gao, L Tan, JT Yu, L Tan - Current Alzheimer Research, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Objective: Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most important progressive neurodegenerative
disorder, is characterized by cognitive and behavioral disabilities. Nowadays, tau, as a …

Dysregulation of ubiquitin-proteasome system in neurodegenerative diseases

Q Zheng, T Huang, L Zhang, Y Zhou, H Luo… - Frontiers in aging …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) is one of the major protein degradation pathways,
where abnormal UPS function has been observed in cancer and neurological diseases …

[HTML][HTML] Acetylation of tau inhibits its degradation and contributes to tauopathy

SW Min, SH Cho, Y Zhou, S Schroeder, V Haroutunian… - Neuron, 2010 - cell.com
Neurodegenerative tauopathies characterized by hyperphosphorylated tau include
frontotemporal dementia and Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17) and …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of oligomers at early stages of tau aggregation in Alzheimer's disease

CA Lasagna-Reeves, DL Castillo-Carranza… - The FASEB …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) are a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD);
however, the relationship between NFTs and disease progression remains controversial …

[HTML][HTML] The synaptic accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau oligomers in Alzheimer disease is associated with dysfunction of the ubiquitin-proteasome system

HC Tai, A Serrano-Pozo, T Hashimoto… - The American journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
In Alzheimer disease (AD), deposition of neurofibrillary tangles and loss of synapses in the
neocortex and limbic system each correlate strongly with cognitive impairment. Tangles are …