Prion strains viewed through the lens of cryo-EM

SW Manka, A Wenborn, J Collinge… - Cell and Tissue …, 2023 - Springer
Mammalian prions are lethal transmissible pathogens that cause fatal neurodegenerative
diseases in humans and animals. They consist of fibrils of misfolded, host-encoded prion …

New insight into brain disease therapy: nanomedicines-crossing blood–brain barrier and extracellular space for drug delivery

Z Gu, H Chen, H Zhao, W Yang, Y Song… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Brain diseases including brain tumor, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,
etc. are difficult to treat. The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a major obstacle for drug delivery …

Effect of electric field on α-synuclein fibrils: Revealed by molecular dynamics simulations

J Razzokov, S Fazliev, M Makhkamov… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The self-association of amylogenic proteins to the fibril form is considered a pivotal factor in
the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease (PD). PD …

Tau truncation in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease: a narrative review

D Chu, X Yang, J Wang, Y Zhou, JH Gu… - Neural Regeneration …, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by two major neuropathological hallmarks—the
extracellular β-amyloid plaques and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles consisting of …

[HTML][HTML] C9orf72 poly-GA proteins impair neuromuscular transmission

WY Tu, W Xu, J Zhang, S Qi, L Bai, C Shen… - Zoological …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating motoneuron disease, in which lower
motoneurons lose control of skeletal muscles. Degeneration of neuromuscular junctions …

Upregulation of the ESCRT pathway and multivesicular bodies accelerates degradation of proteins associated with neurodegeneration

R Benyair, SS Panapakkam Giridharan… - Autophagy …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Many neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington's disease (HD) and Alzheimer's
disease (AD), occur due to an accumulation of aggregation-prone proteins, which results in …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale network analysis of the cerebrospinal fluid proteome identifies molecular signatures of frontotemporal lobar degeneration

R Saloner, A Staffaroni, E Dammer… - Research …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The pathophysiological mechanisms driving disease progression of frontotemporal lobar
degeneration (FTLD) and corresponding biomarkers are not fully understood. We leveraged …

Parkinson's disease-related Miro1 mutation induces mitochondrial dysfunction and loss of dopaminergic neurons in vitro and in vivo

A Chemla, G Arena, G Sacripanti, K Barmpa, A Zagare… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
The complex and heterogeneous nature of Parkinson disease (PD) is still not fully
understood, however, increasing evidence supports mitochondrial impairments as a major …

tau 截短体与阿尔茨海默病的发病机制

D Chu, X Yang, J Wang, Y Zhou, JH Gu… - 中国神经再生研究 …, 2024 - sjzsyj.com.cn
阿尔茨海默病存在2 个主要的神经病理学特征: 细胞外β 淀粉样蛋白斑块和细胞内过度磷酸化tau
蛋白聚集成的神经纤维缠结. 最近有研究发现微管相关蛋白tau 的失调, 特别是特异性蛋白水解 …

Retinal Ganglion Cell Excitability and Adaptations to Ionic Stress in Glaucomatous Optic Neuropathy

A Boal - 2023 - ir.vanderbilt.edu
Neurodegenerative diseases are complex disorders that affect various regions and cells in
the central nervous system, sharing common hallmark features of progression. Intrinsic and …