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 …

Visualization of neurofibrillary tangle maturity in Alzheimer's disease: A clinicopathologic perspective for biomarker research

CM Moloney, VJ Lowe, ME Murray - Alzheimer's & dementia, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neurofibrillary tangles, one of the neuropathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, have a
dynamic lifespan of maturity that associates with progressive neuronal dysfunction and …

Oxidative stress occurs prior to amyloid Aβ plaque formation and tau phosphorylation in Alzheimer's disease: Role of glutathione and metal ions

RG Roy, PK Mandal, JC Maroon - ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2023 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is an insidious and progressive neurodegenerative disorder that
affects millions of people worldwide. Although the pathogenesis remains obscure, there are …

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 …

Liquid-liquid phase separation induces pathogenic tau conformations in vitro

NM Kanaan, C Hamel, T Grabinski, B Combs - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Formation of membrane-less organelles via liquid-liquid phase separation is one way cells
meet the biological requirement for spatiotemporal regulation of cellular components and …

[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 …

Mechanisms of secretion and spreading of pathological tau protein

CA Brunello, M Merezhko, RL Uronen… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Accumulation of misfolded and aggregated forms of tau protein in the brain is a
neuropathological hallmark of tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal …

Role of the extracellular matrix in Alzheimer's disease

Y Sun, S Xu, M Jiang, X Liu, L Yang, Z Bai… - Frontiers in aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease with complex pathological
characteristics, whose etiology and pathogenesis are still unclear. Over the past few …

Tau proteolysis in the pathogenesis of tauopathies: neurotoxic fragments and novel biomarkers

JP Quinn, NJ Corbett, KAB Kellett… - Journal of Alzheimer's …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
With predictions showing that 131.5 million people worldwide will be living with dementia by
2050, an understanding of the molecular mechanisms underpinning disease is crucial in the …

[HTML][HTML] The role of amyloid oligomers in neurodegenerative pathologies

C Wells, S Brennan, M Keon, L Ooi - International Journal of Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many neurodegenerative diseases are rooted in the activities of amyloid-like proteins which
possess conformations that spread to healthy proteins. These include Alzheimer's disease …