[HTML][HTML] Roles of tau protein in health and disease

T Guo, W Noble, DP Hanger - Acta neuropathologica, 2017 - Springer
Tau is well established as a microtubule-associated protein in neurons. However, under
pathological conditions, aberrant assembly of tau into insoluble aggregates is accompanied …

Post-translational modifications of tau protein: implications for Alzheimer's disease

L Martin, X Latypova, F Terro - Neurochemistry international, 2011 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) belongs to a group of neurodegenerative diseases collectively
designated as “tauopathies”, because they are characterized by the aggregation of …

Therapeutic potential of mood stabilizers lithium and valproic acid: beyond bipolar disorder

CT Chiu, Z Wang, JG Hunsberger, DM Chuang - Pharmacological reviews, 2013 - ASPET
The mood stabilizers lithium and valproic acid (VPA) are traditionally used to treat bipolar
disorder (BD), a severe mental illness arising from complex interactions between genes and …

[HTML][HTML] Semaphorins in adult nervous system plasticity and disease

D Carulli, F De Winter, J Verhaagen - Frontiers in synaptic …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Semaphorins, originally discovered as guidance cues for developing axons, are involved in
many processes that shape the nervous system during development, from neuronal …

[HTML][HTML] Protein phosphatase 2A dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

JM Sontag, E Sontag - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a large family of enzymes that account for the majority of
brain Ser/Thr phosphatase activity. While PP2A enzymes collectively modulate most cellular …

O-GlcNAcylation regulates phosphorylation of tau: a mechanism involved in Alzheimer's disease

F Liu, K Iqbal, I Grundke-Iqbal… - Proceedings of the …, 2004 - National Acad Sciences
Microtubule-associated protein tau is abnormally hyperphosphorylated and aggregated into
neurofibrillary tangles in brains of individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other …

[HTML][HTML] It's complicated: The relationship between sleep and Alzheimer's disease in humans

BP Lucey - Neurobiology of disease, 2020 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by an
asymptomatic period of amyloid-β (Aβ) deposition as insoluble extracellular plaque …

Inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3 by lithium correlates with reduced tauopathy and degeneration in vivo

W Noble, E Planel, C Zehr, V Olm… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Neurofibrillary tangles composed of hyperphosphorylated, aggregated tau are a common
pathological feature of tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease. Abnormal …

Reduced O-GlcNAcylation links lower brain glucose metabolism and tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease

F Liu, J Shi, H Tanimukai, J Gu, J Gu, I Grundke-Iqbal… - Brain, 2009 - academic.oup.com
It has been established for a long time that brain glucose metabolism is impaired in
Alzheimer's disease. Recent studies have demonstrated that impaired brain glucose …

Kinases and phosphatases and tau sites involved in Alzheimer neurofibrillary degeneration

JZ Wang, I Grundke‐Iqbal… - European Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Microtubule associated protein (MAP) tau is abnormally hyperphosphorylated in Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and related tauopathies; in this form it is the major protein subunit of paired …