Antibody against early driver of neurodegeneration cis P-tau blocks brain injury and tauopathy

A Kondo, K Shahpasand, R Mannix, J Qiu, J Moncaster… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI), characterized by acute neurological dysfunction, is one of the
best known environmental risk factors for chronic traumatic encephalopathy and Alzheimer's …

Cis P-tau is induced in clinical and preclinical brain injury and contributes to post-injury sequelae

O Albayram, A Kondo, R Mannix, C Smith… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is characterized by acute neurological dysfunction and
associated with the development of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and …

Potential of the antibody against cis–phosphorylated tau in the early diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of Alzheimer disease and brain injury

KP Lu, A Kondo, O Albayram, MK Herbert, H Liu… - JAMA …, 2016 - jamanetwork.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) share a common
neuropathologic signature—neurofibrillary tangles made of phosphorylated tau—but do not …

Rapid accumulation of endogenous tau oligomers in a rat model of traumatic brain injury: possible link between traumatic brain injury and sporadic tauopathies

BE Hawkins, S Krishnamurthy… - Journal of Biological …, 2013 - ASBMB
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious problem that affects millions of people in the United
States alone. Multiple concussions or even a single moderate to severe TBI can also …

Caspase-2 cleavage of tau reversibly impairs memory

X Zhao, LA Kotilinek, B Smith, C Hlynialuk, K Zahs… - Nature medicine, 2016 - nature.com
In Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other tauopathies, the tau protein forms fibrils, which are
believed to be neurotoxic. However, fibrillar tau has been dissociated from neuron death …

Critical role of acetylation in tau-mediated neurodegeneration and cognitive deficits

SW Min, X Chen, TE Tracy, Y Li, Y Zhou, C Wang… - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Tauopathies, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD), are
neurodegenerative diseases in which tau fibrils accumulate. Recent evidence supports …

Novel tau filament fold in chronic traumatic encephalopathy encloses hydrophobic molecules

B Falcon, J Zivanov, W Zhang, AG Murzin, HJ Garringer… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy that is
associated with repetitive head impacts or exposure to blast waves. First described as punch …

A soluble phosphorylated tau signature links tau, amyloid and the evolution of stages of dominantly inherited Alzheimer's disease

NR Barthélemy, Y Li, N Joseph-Mathurin, BA Gordon… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Development of tau-based therapies for Alzheimer's disease requires an
understanding of the timing of disease-related changes in tau. We quantified the …

Site-specific phosphorylation of tau inhibits amyloid-β toxicity in Alzheimer's mice

A Ittner, SW Chua, J Bertz, A Volkerling… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Amyloid-β (Aβ) toxicity in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is considered to be mediated by
phosphorylated tau protein. In contrast, we found that, at least in early disease, site-specific …

Inhibition of JNK by a peptide inhibitor reduces traumatic brain injury–induced tauopathy in transgenic mice

HT Tran, L Sanchez, DL Brody - Journal of Neuropathology & …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major environmental risk factor for subsequent development
of Alzheimer disease (AD). Pathological features that are common to AD and many …