[HTML][HTML] Cdk5 is a key factor in tau aggregation and tangle formation in vivo

W Noble, V Olm, K Takata, E Casey, O Mary… - Neuron, 2003 - cell.com
Tau aggregation is a common feature of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's
disease, and hyperphosphorylation of tau has been implicated as a fundamental pathogenic …

Silencing of CDK5 reduces neurofibrillary tangles in transgenic alzheimer's mice

D Piedrahita, I Hernández, A López-Tobón… - Journal of …, 2010 - Soc Neuroscience
Alzheimer's disease is a major cause of dementia for which treatments remain
unsatisfactory. Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) is a relevant kinase that has been …

Are tau aggregates toxic or protective in tauopathies?

CM Cowan, A Mudher - Frontiers in neurology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Aggregation of highly phosphorylated tau into aggregated forms such as filaments and
neurofibrillary tangles is one of the defining pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease …

Axonopathy, tau abnormalities, and dyskinesia, but no neurofibrillary tangles in p25‐transgenic mice

F Bian, R Nath, G Sobocinski… - Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Neurofibrillary tangles, one of the pathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD), are
composed of abnormally polymerized tau protein. The hyperphosphorylation of tau alters its …

Neuropathogenic role of adenylate kinase-1 in Aβ-mediated tau phosphorylation via AMPK and GSK3β

H Park, TI Kam, Y Kim, H Choi, Y Gwon… - Human molecular …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abnormally hyperphosphorylated tau is often caused by tau kinases, such as GSK3β and
Cdk5. Such occurrence leads to neurofibrillary tangle formation and neuronal degeneration …

The roles of cyclin-dependent kinase 5 and glycogen synthase kinase 3 in tau hyperphosphorylation

F Plattner, M Angelo, KP Giese - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2006 - ASBMB
Hyperphosphorylation of the microtubule-associated protein tau is a characteristic feature of
neurodegenerative tauopathies including Alzheimer disease. Over-activation of proline …

MARKing tau for tangles and toxicity

G Drewes - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2004 - cell.com
In healthy neurons, tau proteins regulate microtubule function in the axon. In the brains of
individuals with Alzheimer's disease, tau is hyperphosphorylated and aggregated into …

Truncation of CDK5 activator p35 induces intensive phosphorylation of Ser202/Thr205 of human tau

M Hashiguchi, T Saito, S Hisanaga… - Journal of Biological …, 2002 - ASBMB
Hyperphosphorylated tau is a major component of neurofibrillary tangles, one of the
hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. CDK5 is a kinase that phosphorylates the tau protein, and …

Aberrant tau phosphorylation by glycogen synthase kinase-3β and JNK3 induces oligomeric tau fibrils in COS-7 cells

S Sato, Y Tatebayashi, T Akagi, DH Chui… - Journal of Biological …, 2002 - ASBMB
Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) are found in a wide range of neurodegenerative disorders,
including Alzheimer's disease. The major component of NFTs is aberrantly …

Cdk5: one of the links between senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles?

MS Lee, LH Tsai - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2003 - content.iospress.com
The relationship between amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, the two pathologic
hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD), is an unknown and controversial subject. However …