[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation and neurodegenerative diseases: a disturbance in the force

A Zbinden, M Pérez-Berlanga, P De Rossi… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Protein aggregation is the main hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. Many proteins
found in pathological inclusions are known to undergo liquid-liquid phase separation, a …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Alzheimer disease: an update on pathobiology and treatment strategies

JM Long, DM Holtzman - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a heterogeneous disease with a complex pathobiology. The
presence of extracellular β-amyloid deposition as neuritic plaques and intracellular …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

The complexity of tau in Alzheimer's disease

NN Naseri, H Wang, J Guo, M Sharma, W Luo - Neuroscience letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by two major pathological lesions in the brain,
amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) composed mainly of amyloid-β (Aβ) …

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] Reducing acetylated tau is neuroprotective in brain injury

MK Shin, E Vázquez-Rosa, Y Koh, M Dhar, K Chaubey… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the largest non-genetic, non-aging related risk factor for
Alzheimer's disease (AD). We report here that TBI induces tau acetylation (ac-tau) at sites …

Lysine acetylation goes global: from epigenetics to metabolism and therapeutics

I Ali, RJ Conrad, E Verdin, M Ott - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Post-translational acetylation of lysine residues has emerged as a key regulatory
mechanism in all eukaryotic organisms. Originally discovered in 1963 as a unique …