Molecular pathology of neurodegenerative diseases by cryo-EM of amyloids

SHW Scheres, B Ryskeldi-Falcon, M Goedert - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abnormal assembly of tau, α-synuclein, TDP-43 and amyloid-β proteins into amyloid
filaments defines most human neurodegenerative diseases. Genetics provides a direct link …

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration

M Grossman, WW Seeley, AL Boxer, AE Hillis… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is one of the most common causes of early-onset
dementia and presents with early social–emotional–behavioural and/or language changes …

Assembly of recombinant tau into filaments identical to those of Alzheimer's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy

S Lövestam, FA Koh, B van Knippenberg, A Kotecha… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Abundant filamentous inclusions of tau are characteristic of more than 20
neurodegenerative diseases that are collectively termed tauopathies. Electron cryo …

Disease-specific tau filaments assemble via polymorphic intermediates

S Lövestam, D Li, JL Wagstaff, A Kotecha, D Kimanius… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Intermediate species in the assembly of amyloid filaments are believed to play a central role
in neurodegenerative diseases and may constitute important targets for therapeutic …

Amyloid fibrils in FTLD-TDP are composed of TMEM106B and not TDP-43

YX Jiang, Q Cao, MR Sawaya, R Abskharon, P Ge… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is the third most common neurodegenerative
condition after Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. FTLD typically presents in 45 to 64 …

TDP-43 forms amyloid filaments with a distinct fold in type A FTLD-TDP

D Arseni, R Chen, AG Murzin, SY Peak-Chew… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The abnormal assembly of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) in neuronal and glial cells
characterizes nearly all cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and around half of …

Age-dependent formation of TMEM106B amyloid filaments in human brains

M Schweighauser, D Arseni, M Bacioglu, M Huang… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Many age-dependent neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's,
are characterized by abundant inclusions of amyloid filaments. Filamentous inclusions of the …

A synergy between site-specific and transient interactions drives the phase separation of a disordered, low-complexity domain

P Mohanty, J Shenoy, A Rizuan… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is involved in key processes in RNA metabolism and
is frequently implicated in many neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral …

Homotypic fibrillization of TMEM106B across diverse neurodegenerative diseases

A Chang, X Xiang, J Wang, C Lee, T Arakhamia… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Misfolding and aggregation of disease-specific proteins, resulting in the formation of
filamentous cellular inclusions, is a hallmark of neurodegenerative disease with …

Opportunities and challenges of alpha-synuclein as a potential biomarker for Parkinson's disease and other synucleinopathies

P Magalhães, HA Lashuel - npj Parkinson's Disease, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common progressive
neurodegenerative disease, develops and progresses for 10–15 years before the clinical …