Cellular and pathological functions of tau

C Parra Bravo, SA Naguib, L Gan - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Tau protein is involved in various cellular processes, including having a canonical role in
binding and stabilization of microtubules in neurons. Tauopathies are neurodegenerative …

ROS generation in microglia: understanding oxidative stress and inflammation in neurodegenerative disease

DSA Simpson, PL Oliver - Antioxidants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, are a global public health
burden with poorly understood aetiology. Neuroinflammation and oxidative stress (OS) are …

Microglial activation and tau propagate jointly across Braak stages

TA Pascoal, AL Benedet, NJ Ashton, MS Kang… - Nature medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Compelling experimental evidence suggests that microglial activation is involved in the
spread of tau tangles over the neocortex in Alzheimer's disease (AD). We tested the …

Plasma GFAP is an early marker of amyloid-β but not tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease

JB Pereira, S Janelidze, R Smith, N Mattsson-Carlgren… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Although recent clinical trials targeting amyloid-β in Alzheimer's disease have shown
promising results, there is increasing evidence suggesting that understanding alternative …

Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

T Guo, D Zhang, Y Zeng, TY Huang, H Xu… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder seen in age-
dependent dementia. There is currently no effective treatment for AD, which may be …

Pyroptosis in Alzheimer's disease: cell type-specific activation in microglia, astrocytes and neurons

S Moonen, MJ Koper, E Van Schoor… - Acta …, 2023 - Springer
The major neuropathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are amyloid β (Aβ)
plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFT), accompanied by neuroinflammation and neuronal …

Tau-targeting therapies for Alzheimer disease: current status and future directions

EE Congdon, C Ji, AM Tetlow, Y Jiang… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in older individuals. AD is
characterized pathologically by amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles in the …

Tau molecular diversity contributes to clinical heterogeneity in Alzheimer's disease

S Dujardin, C Commins, A Lathuiliere, P Beerepoot… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) causes unrelenting, progressive cognitive impairments, but its
course is heterogeneous, with a broad range of rates of cognitive decline. The spread of tau …

Neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease

IG Onyango, GV Jauregui, M Čarná, JP Bennett Jr… - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with human aging.
Ten percent of individuals over 65 years have AD and its prevalence continues to rise with …

Innate immune cell death in neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's disease

Y Rajesh, TD Kanneganti - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder molecularly characterized by the
formation of amyloid β (Aβ) plaques and type 2 microtubule-associated protein (Tau) …