Chromatin-state discovery and genome annotation with ChromHMM

J Ernst, M Kellis - Nature protocols, 2017 - nature.com
Noncoding DNA regions have central roles in human biology, evolution, and disease.
ChromHMM helps to annotate the noncoding genome using epigenomic information across …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Tau association with synaptic vesicles causes presynaptic dysfunction

L Zhou, J McInnes, K Wierda, M Holt… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Tau is implicated in more than 20 neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's
disease. Under pathological conditions, Tau dissociates from axonal microtubules and …

Date Palm Tree (Phoenix dactylifera L.): Natural Products and Therapeutic Options

RA Al-Alawi, JH Al-Mashiqri, JSM Al-Nadabi… - Frontiers in plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Many plants, including some of the commonly consumed herbs and spices in our daily food,
can be safely and effectively used to prevent and/or treat some health concerns. For …

Shared molecular and cellular mechanisms of premature ageing and ageing-associated diseases

N Kubben, T Misteli - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2017 - nature.com
Ageing is the predominant risk factor for many common diseases. Human premature ageing
diseases are powerful model systems to identify and characterize cellular mechanisms that …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of stem cell aging by metabolism and epigenetics

R Ren, A Ocampo, GH Liu, JCI Belmonte - Cell metabolism, 2017 - cell.com
Stem cell aging and exhaustion are considered important drivers of organismal aging. Age-
associated declines in stem cell function are characterized by metabolic and epigenetic …

Tau-based therapies in neurodegeneration: opportunities and challenges

C Li, J Götz - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2017 - nature.com
Aggregates of the microtubule-associated protein tau are a defining feature of several
neurodegenerative diseases that are collectively known as tauopathies, and constitute one …

A brief overview of tauopathy: causes, consequences, and therapeutic strategies

ME Orr, AC Sullivan, B Frost - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2017 - cell.com
There are currently no disease-modifying therapies for the treatment of tauopathies, a group
of progressive neurodegenerative disorders that are pathologically defined by the presence …

Axonal degeneration during aging and its functional role in neurodegenerative disorders

N Salvadores, M Sanhueza, P Manque… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Aging constitutes the main risk factor for the development of neurodegenerative diseases.
This represents a major health issue worldwide that is only expected to escalate due to the …

Epigenetic editing of the Dlg4/PSD95 gene improves cognition in aged and Alzheimer's disease mice

FJ Bustos, E Ampuero, N Jury, R Aguilar, F Falahi… - Brain, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The Dlg4 gene encodes for post-synaptic density protein 95 (PSD95), a major synaptic
protein that clusters glutamate receptors and is critical for plasticity. PSD95 levels are …