[PDF][PDF] Phase separation and neurodegenerative diseases: a disturbance in the force

A Zbinden, M Pérez-Berlanga, P De Rossi… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Protein aggregation is the main hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. Many proteins
found in pathological inclusions are known to undergo liquid-liquid phase separation, a …

[HTML][HTML] Combating deleterious phase transitions in neurodegenerative disease

AL Darling, J Shorter - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2021 - Elsevier
Protein aggregation is a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. However, the mechanism
that induces pathogenic aggregation is not well understood. Recently, it has emerged that …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid-liquid phase separation of TDP-43 and FUS in physiology and pathology of neurodegenerative diseases

JL Carey, L Guo - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Liquid-liquid phase separation of RNA-binding proteins mediates the formation of numerous
membraneless organelles with essential cellular function. However, aberrant phase …

Prion-like spread of protein aggregates in neurodegeneration

M Polymenidou, DW Cleveland - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2012 - rupress.org
Protein misfolding is common to most neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's
and Parkinson's diseases. Recent work using animal models with intracellular α-synuclein …

[HTML][HTML] Matter over mind: Liquid phase separation and neurodegeneration

S Elbaum-Garfinkle - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Phase separation of biomolecules leading to the formation of assemblies with distinct
material properties has recently emerged as a new paradigm underlying subcellular …

Protein misfolding, aggregation, and conformational strains in neurodegenerative diseases

C Soto, S Pritzkow - Nature neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
A hallmark event in neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) is the misfolding, aggregation, and
accumulation of proteins, leading to cellular dysfunction, loss of synaptic connections, and …

[HTML][HTML] Aggregation of disordered proteins associated with neurodegeneration

PS Tsoi, MD Quan, JC Ferreon… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cellular deposition of protein aggregates, one of the hallmarks of neurodegeneration,
disrupts cellular functions and leads to neuronal death. Mutations, posttranslational …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanism for the synchronized electrostatic coacervation and co-aggregation of alpha-synuclein and tau

P Gracia, D Polanco, J Tarancón-Díez, I Serra… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Amyloid aggregation of α-synuclein (αS) is the hallmark of Parkinson's disease and other
synucleinopathies. Recently, Tau protein, generally associated with Alzheimer's disease …

[HTML][HTML] Acetylation disfavors tau phase separation

JC Ferreon, A Jain, KJ Choi, PS Tsoi… - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Neuropathological aggregates of the intrinsically disordered microtubule-associated protein
Tau are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, with decades of research devoted to studying the …

Liquid–liquid phase separation of tau: From molecular biophysics to physiology and disease

SK Rai, A Savastano, P Singh… - Protein …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biomolecular condensation via liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) of intrinsically
disordered proteins/regions (IDPs/IDRs), with and without nucleic acids, has drawn …