Potential pathways of abnormal tau and α-synuclein dissemination in sporadic Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

H Braak, K Del Tredici - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives …, 2016 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Experimental data indicate that transneuronal propagation of abnormal protein aggregates
in neurodegenerative proteinopathies, such as sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) and …

Precisely defined conjugated oligoelectrolytes for biosensing and therapeutics

B Wang, BN Queenan, S Wang, KPR Nilsson… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Conjugated oligoelectrolytes (COEs) are a relatively new class of synthetic organic
molecules with, as of yet, untapped potential for use in organic optoelectronic devices and …

Microglia become hypofunctional and release metalloproteases and tau seeds when phagocytosing live neurons with P301S tau aggregates

JH Brelstaff, M Mason, T Katsinelos, WA McEwan… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The microtubule-associated protein tau aggregates in multiple neurodegenerative diseases,
causing inflammation and changing the inflammatory signature of microglia by unknown …

Living neurons with tau filaments aberrantly expose phosphatidylserine and are phagocytosed by microglia

J Brelstaff, AM Tolkovsky, B Ghetti, M Goedert… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Tau protein forms insoluble filamentous inclusions that are closely associated with nerve cell
death in many neurodegenerative diseases. How neurons die in these tauopathies is …

Hsp70 inhibits the nucleation and elongation of tau and sequesters tau aggregates with high affinity

F Kundel, S De, P Flagmeier, MH Horrocks… - ACS chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
As a key player of the protein quality control network of the cell, the molecular chaperone
Hsp70 inhibits the aggregation of the amyloid protein tau. To date, the mechanism of this …

Tuning the Emission of Bis-ethylenedioxythiophene-thiophenes upon Aggregation

I Sahalianov, T Abrahamsson… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The ability of small lipophilic molecules to penetrate the blood–brain barrier through
transmembrane diffusion has enabled researchers to explore new diagnostics and therapies …

Morphologic and molecular patterns of polymyositis with mitochondrial pathology and inclusion body myositis

F Kleefeld, A Uruha, A Schänzer, A Nishimura, A Roos… - Neurology, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objective To characterize morphological and molecular underpinnings of
polymyositis with mitochondrial pathology (PM-Mito) in comparison with sporadic inclusion …

Measurement of tau filament fragmentation provides insights into prion-like spreading

F Kundel, L Hong, B Falcon, WA McEwan… - ACS chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The ordered assembly of amyloidogenic proteins causes a wide spectrum of common
neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. These …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct phenotypes of three-repeat and four-repeat human tau in a transgenic model of tauopathy

MA Sealey, E Vourkou, CM Cowan, T Bossing… - Neurobiology of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Tau exists as six closely related protein isoforms in the adult human brain. These are
generated from alternative splicing of a single mRNA transcript and they differ in the …

Nanoscopic characterisation of individual endogenous protein aggregates in human neuronal cells

DR Whiten, Y Zuo, L Calo, ML Choi, S De… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The aberrant misfolding and subsequent conversion of monomeric protein into amyloid
aggregates characterises many neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's and …