GSK-3 and Tau: a key duet in Alzheimer's disease

CL Sayas, J Ávila - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is a ubiquitously expressed serine/threonine kinase
with a plethora of substrates. As a modulator of several cellular processes, GSK-3 has a …

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-driven 26S proteasome impairment and cognitive dysfunction can be prevented early in disease by activating cAMP-PKA signaling

N Myeku, CL Clelland, S Emrani, NV Kukushkin… - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
The ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) degrades misfolded proteins including those
implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. We investigated the effects of tau accumulation …

Modulators of 14-3-3 protein–protein interactions

LM Stevers, E Sijbesma, M Botta… - Journal of medicinal …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Direct interactions between proteins are essential for the regulation of their functions in
biological pathways. Targeting the complex network of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) …

Structural insights into the functional roles of 14-3-3 proteins

V Obsilova, T Obsil - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Signal transduction cascades efficiently transmit chemical and/or physical signals from the
extracellular environment to intracellular compartments, thereby eliciting an appropriate …

Mechanism involved in insulin resistance via accumulation of β-amyloid and neurofibrillary tangles: Link between type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease

SK Rad, A Arya, H Karimian, P Madhavan… - Drug design …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The pathophysiological link between type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and Alzheimer's
disease (AD) has been suggested in several reports. Few findings suggest that T2DM has …

Tau phosphorylation and sevoflurane anesthesia: an association to postoperative cognitive impairment

H Le Freche, J Brouillette… - Survey of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
There is increasing interest in the role that anesthetic agents might play in the etiology of
postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD). Recent animal studies suggest that acute …

Tau oligomers and aggregation in Alzheimer's disease

MA Meraz‐Ríos, KI Lira‐De León… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
J. Neurochem.(2010) 112, 1353–1367. Abstract We are analyzing the physiological function
of Tau protein and its abnormal pathological behavior when this protein is self‐assemble …

Oxidatively modified proteins in Alzheimer's disease (AD), mild cognitive impairment and animal models of AD: role of Abeta in pathogenesis

R Sultana, M Perluigi, DA Butterfield - Acta neuropathologica, 2009 - Springer
Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a number of diseases including
Alzheimer's disease (AD). The oxidative stress hypothesis of AD pathogenesis, in part, is …

Tau and tauopathies

G Lee, CJ Leugers - Progress in molecular biology and translational …, 2012 - Elsevier
Tauopathies are age-related neurodegenerative diseases that are characterized by the
presence of aggregates of abnormally phosphorylated tau. As tau was originally discovered …