Step by step: towards a better understanding of the genetic architecture of Alzheimer's disease

JC Lambert, A Ramirez, B Grenier-Boley… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is considered to have a large genetic component. Our knowledge
of this component has progressed over the last 10 years, thanks notably to the advent of …

New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

C Bellenguez, F Küçükali, IE Jansen, L Kleineidam… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Characterization of the genetic landscape of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related
dementias (ADD) provides a unique opportunity for a better understanding of the associated …

[HTML][HTML] TMEM106B is a receptor mediating ACE2-independent SARS-CoV-2 cell entry

J Baggen, M Jacquemyn, L Persoons, E Vanstreels… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
SARS-CoV-2 is associated with broad tissue tropism, a characteristic often determined by
the availability of entry receptors on host cells. Here, we show that TMEM106B, a lysosomal …

Identification of TMEM106B amyloid fibrils provides an updated view of TMEM106B biology in health and disease

J Perneel, R Rademakers - Acta Neuropathologica, 2022 - Springer
Since the initial identification of TMEM106B as a risk factor for frontotemporal lobar
degeneration (FTLD), multiple genetic studies have found TMEM106B variants to modulate …

Age-dependent formation of TMEM106B amyloid filaments in human brains

M Schweighauser, D Arseni, M Bacioglu, M Huang… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Many age-dependent neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's,
are characterized by abundant inclusions of amyloid filaments. Filamentous inclusions of the …

Homotypic fibrillization of TMEM106B across diverse neurodegenerative diseases

A Chang, X Xiang, J Wang, C Lee, T Arakhamia… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Misfolding and aggregation of disease-specific proteins, resulting in the formation of
filamentous cellular inclusions, is a hallmark of neurodegenerative disease with …

Accumulation of TMEM106B C-terminal fragments in neurodegenerative disease and aging

J Perneel, M Neumann, B Heeman, S Cheung… - Acta …, 2023 - Springer
Several studies using cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) techniques recently reported
the isolation and characterization of novel protein filaments, composed of a C-terminal …

The major TMEM106B dementia risk allele affects TMEM106B protein levels, fibril formation, and myelin lipid homeostasis in the ageing human hippocampus

JY Lee, DJ Harney, JD Teo, JB Kwok… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Background The risk for dementia increases exponentially from the seventh decade of life.
Identifying and understanding the biochemical changes that sensitize the ageing brain to …

Generic amyloid fibrillation of TMEM106B in patient with Parkinson's disease dementia and normal elders

Y Fan, Q Zhao, W Xia, Y Tao, W Yu, M Chen, Y Liu… - Cell research, 2022 - nature.com
Dear Editor, Protein amyloid aggregation is a histological hallmark of neurodegenerative
diseases (NDs). 1, 2 In synucleinopathies including ParkinsonLs disease (PD), ParkinsonLs …

TMEM106B regulates microglial proliferation and survival in response to demyelination

T Zhang, W Pang, T Feng, J Guo, K Wu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
TMEM106B, a lysosomal transmembrane protein, has been closely associated with brain
health. Recently, an intriguing link between TMEM106B and brain inflammation has been …