[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 …

Liquid–liquid phase separation and its mechanistic role in pathological protein aggregation

WM Babinchak, WK Surewicz - Journal of molecular biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of proteins underlies the formation of membrane-less
organelles. While it has been recognized for some time that these organelles are of key …

The role of liquid–liquid phase separation in aggregation of the TDP-43 low-complexity domain

WM Babinchak, R Haider, BK Dumm, P Sarkar… - Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ASBMB
Pathological aggregation of the transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-
43) is associated with several neurodegenerative disorders, including ALS, frontotemporal …

The amyotrophic lateral sclerosis exposome: recent advances and future directions

SA Goutman, MG Savelieff, DG Jang, J Hur… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal disease of motor neuron degeneration with
typical survival of only 2–5 years from diagnosis. The causes of ALS are multifactorial …

Mechanisms and regulation of RNA condensation in RNP granule formation

D Tauber, G Tauber, R Parker - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules are RNA–protein assemblies that are involved in
multiple aspects of RNA metabolism and are linked to memory, development, and disease …

TDP-43 condensates and lipid droplets regulate the reactivity of microglia and regeneration after traumatic brain injury

A Zambusi, KT Novoselc, S Hutten, S Kalpazidou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Decreasing the activation of pathology-activated microglia is crucial to prevent chronic
inflammation and tissue scarring. In this study, we used a stab wound injury model in …

[HTML][HTML] NUP62 localizes to ALS/FTLD pathological assemblies and contributes to TDP-43 insolubility

AM Gleixner, BM Verdone, CG Otte… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract A G4C2 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in the C9orf72 gene is the most common
genetic cause of ALS and FTLD (C9-ALS/FTLD) with cytoplasmic TDP-43 inclusions …

Modeling Neurodegenerative Disorders in Drosophila melanogaster

H Bolus, K Crocker, G Boekhoff-Falk… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Drosophila melanogaster provides a powerful genetic model system in which to investigate
the molecular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases. In this review, we …

FUS pathology in ALS is linked to alterations in multiple ALS-associated proteins and rescued by drugs stimulating autophagy

L Marrone, HCA Drexler, J Wang, P Tripathi… - Acta …, 2019 - Springer
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a lethal disease characterized by motor neuron
degeneration and associated with aggregation of nuclear RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) …

CLIP-Seq analysis enables the design of protective ribosomal RNA bait oligonucleotides against C9ORF72 ALS/FTD poly-GR pathophysiology

JA Ortega, IR Sasselli, M Boccitto, AC Fleming… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia patients with a hexanucleotide
repeat expansion in C9ORF72 (C9-HRE) accumulate poly-GR and poly-PR aggregates. The …