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 …

Tau in physiology and pathology

Y Wang, E Mandelkow - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
Tau is a microtubule-associated protein that has a role in stabilizing neuronal microtubules
and thus in promoting axonal outgrowth. Structurally, tau is a natively unfolded protein, is …

[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 …

Liquid-liquid phase separation induces pathogenic tau conformations in vitro

NM Kanaan, C Hamel, T Grabinski, B Combs - Nature communications, 2020 - nature.com
Formation of membrane-less organelles via liquid-liquid phase separation is one way cells
meet the biological requirement for spatiotemporal regulation of cellular components and …

Tau and tauopathies

T Arendt, JT Stieler, M Holzer - Brain research bulletin, 2016 - Elsevier
Most neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by intracellular aggregates of insoluble
proteins. As for the majority of these disorders, aetiology and pathogenesis are only poorly …

Tau protein interaction partners and their roles in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies

J Sinsky, K Pichlerova, J Hanes - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tau protein plays a critical role in the assembly, stabilization, and modulation of
microtubules, which are important for the normal function of neurons and the brain. In …

Tau promotes neurodegeneration through global chromatin relaxation

B Frost, M Hemberg, J Lewis, MB Feany - Nature neuroscience, 2014 - nature.com
The microtubule-associated protein tau is involved in a number of neurodegenerative
disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. Previous studies have linked oxidative stress and …

A brief overview of tauopathy: causes, consequences, and therapeutic strategies

ME Orr, AC Sullivan, B Frost - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2017 - cell.com
There are currently no disease-modifying therapies for the treatment of tauopathies, a group
of progressive neurodegenerative disorders that are pathologically defined by the presence …

[HTML][HTML] Impaired ribosome biogenesis: mechanisms and relevance to cancer and aging

Z Turi, M Lacey, M Mistrik, P Moudry - Aging (Albany NY), 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The biosynthesis of ribosomes is a complex process that requires the coordinated action of
many factors and a huge energy investment from the cell. Ribosomes are essential for …

Tunneling nanotube (TNT)-mediated neuron-to neuron transfer of pathological Tau protein assemblies

M Tardivel, S Bégard, L Bousset, S Dujardin… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2016 - Springer
A given cell makes exchanges with its neighbors through a variety of means ranging from
diffusible factors to vesicles. Cells use also tunneling nanotubes (TNTs), filamentous-actin …