The endosomal-lysosomal system: from acidification and cargo sorting to neurodegeneration

YB Hu, EB Dammer, RJ Ren, G Wang - Translational neurodegeneration, 2015 - Springer
The endosomal-lysosomal system is made up of a set of intracellular membranous
compartments that dynamically interconvert, which is comprised of early endosomes …

Disorders of lysosomal acidification—The emerging role of v-ATPase in aging and neurodegenerative disease

DJ Colacurcio, RA Nixon - Ageing research reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Autophagy and endocytosis deliver unneeded cellular materials to lysosomes for
degradation. Beyond processing cellular waste, lysosomes release metabolites and ions …

Mitovesicles are a novel population of extracellular vesicles of mitochondrial origin altered in Down syndrome

P D'Acunzo, R Pérez-González, Y Kim, T Hargash… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Mitochondrial dysfunction is an established hallmark of aging and neurodegenerative
disorders such as Down syndrome (DS) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Using a high …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing autophagy in Alzheimer's disease through drug repositioning

M Eshraghi, M Ahmadi, S Afshar, S Lorzadeh… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the biggest human health threats due to increases in
aging of the global population. Unfortunately, drugs for treating AD have been largely …

[HTML][HTML] Amyloid precursor protein and endosomal–lysosomal dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease: inseparable partners in a multifactorial disease

RA Nixon - The FASEB Journal, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abnormalities of the endosomal–lysosomal network (ELN) are a signature feature of
Alzheimer's disease (AD). These include the earliest known cytopathology that is specific to …

Autophagy flux in CA1 neurons of Alzheimer hippocampus: Increased induction overburdens failing lysosomes to propel neuritic dystrophy

M Bordi, MJ Berg, PS Mohan, CM Peterhoff… - Autophagy, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Defective autophagy contributes to Alzheimer disease (AD) pathogenesis although
evidence is conflicting on whether multiple stages are impaired. Here, for the first time, we …

From the prion-like propagation hypothesis to therapeutic strategies of anti-tau immunotherapy

M Colin, S Dujardin, S Schraen-Maschke… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
The term “propagon” is used to define proteins that may transmit misfolding in vitro, in
tissues or in organisms. Among propagons, misfolded tau is thought to be involved in the …

Locus coeruleus cellular and molecular pathology during the progression of Alzheimer's disease

SC Kelly, B He, SE Perez, SD Ginsberg… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2017 - Springer
A major feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the loss of noradrenergic locus coeruleus
(LC) projection neurons that mediate attention, memory, and arousal. However, the extent to …

Rab GTPases and membrane trafficking in neurodegeneration

FR Kiral, FE Kohrs, EJ Jin, PR Hiesinger - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Defects in membrane trafficking are hallmarks of neurodegeneration. Rab GTPases are key
regulators of membrane trafficking. Alterations of Rab GTPases, or the membrane …

Comparative lipidomic analysis of mouse and human brain with Alzheimer disease

RB Chan, TG Oliveira, EP Cortes, LS Honig… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
Lipids are key regulators of brain function and have been increasingly implicated in
neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer disease (AD). Here, a systems-based …