ALS genetics, mechanisms, and therapeutics: where are we now?

R Mejzini, LL Flynn, IL Pitout, S Fletcher… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The scientific landscape surrounding amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) continues to shift
as the number of genes associated with the disease risk and pathogenesis, and the cellular …

The pathobiology of TDP-43 C-terminal fragments in ALS and FTLD

BA Berning, AK Walker - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
During neurodegenerative disease, the multifunctional RNA-binding protein TDP-43
undergoes a vast array of post-translational modifications, including phosphorylation …

Structural insights into TDP-43 and effects of post-translational modifications

L François-Moutal, S Perez-Miller, DD Scott… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Transactive response DNA binding protein (TDP-43) is a key player in neurodegenerative
diseases. In this review, we have gathered and presented structural information on the …

RNA-binding proteins in neurodegeneration: mechanisms in aggregate

EG Conlon, JL Manley - Genes & development, 2017 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Neurodegeneration is a leading cause of death in the developed world and a natural, albeit
unfortunate, consequence of longer-lived populations. Despite great demand for therapeutic …

The role of VCP mutations in the Spectrum of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis—frontotemporal dementia

E Scarian, G Fiamingo, L Diamanti, I Palmieri… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) are two
neurological diseases which, respectively, and primarily affect motor neurons and …

Solid-state NMR reveals the structural transformation of the TDP-43 amyloidogenic region upon fibrillation

XF Zhuo, J Wang, J Zhang, LL Jiang… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
TDP-43 is a primary pathological hallmark protein of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and
frontotemporal lobar degeneration, which may exist in the form of amyloid inclusions in the …

Point mutations in the N-terminal domain of transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 kDa (TDP-43) compromise its stability, dimerization, and functions

M Mompeán, V Romano, D Pantoja-Uceda… - Journal of Biological …, 2017 - ASBMB
Transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) performs multiple tasks in mRNA
processing, transport, and translational regulation, but it also forms aggregates implicated in …

Zinc binding to RNA recognition motif of TDP-43 induces the formation of amyloid-like aggregates

C Garnier, F Devred, D Byrne, R Puppo, AY Roman… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Aggregation of TDP-43 (transactive response DNA binding protein 43 kDa) is a hallmark of
certain forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration …

[HTML][HTML] Intercellular transmission of pathogenic proteins in ALS: Exploring the pathogenic wave

FJ Arnold, AD Nguyen, RS Bedlack, CL Bennett… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), disease symptoms and pathology
typically spread in a predictable spatiotemporal pattern beginning at a focal site of onset and …

The RNA-recognition motifs of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 may play a role in the aberrant self-assembly of the protein

E Zacco, SR Martin, R Thorogate… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is a nucleic acid-binding protein implicated in
gene regulation and RNA processing and shuffling. It is a ribonuclear protein that carries out …