Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (LATE): consensus working group report

PT Nelson, DW Dickson, JQ Trojanowski, CR Jack… - Brain, 2019 - academic.oup.com
We describe a recently recognized disease entity, limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43
encephalopathy (LATE). LATE neuropathological change (LATE-NC) is defined by a …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms of TDP-43 misfolding and pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

A Prasad, V Bharathi, V Sivalingam… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
TAR DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is a versatile RNA/DNA binding protein involved in
RNA-related metabolism. Hyper-phosphorylated and ubiquitinated TDP-43 deposits act as …

Novel tau filament fold in chronic traumatic encephalopathy encloses hydrophobic molecules

B Falcon, J Zivanov, W Zhang, AG Murzin, HJ Garringer… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy that is
associated with repetitive head impacts or exposure to blast waves. First described as punch …

Motor neuron disease-associated loss of nuclear TDP-43 is linked to DNA double-strand break repair defects

J Mitra, EN Guerrero, PM Hegde… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Genome damage and their defective repair have been etiologically linked to degenerating
neurons in many subtypes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients; however, the …

[HTML][HTML] The pathobiology of TDP-43 C-terminal fragments in ALS and FTLD

BA Berning, AK Walker - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
During neurodegenerative disease, the multifunctional RNA-binding protein TDP-43
undergoes a vast array of post-translational modifications, including phosphorylation …

Molecular pathology of neurodegenerative diseases: principles and practice

GG Kovacs - Journal of clinical pathology, 2019 - jcp.bmj.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are characterised by selective dysfunction and progressive
loss of synapses and neurons associated with pathologically altered proteins that deposit …

Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative dementias in comorbidity: a clinical and neuropathological overview

R Matej, A Tesar, R Rusina - Clinical biochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Neuropathological diagnostic criteria of neurodegenerative disorders are based on the
presence of specific inclusions in a specific area of brain tissue that correlate with clinical …

18F-flortaucipir (AV-1451) tau PET in frontotemporal dementia syndromes

RM Tsai, A Bejanin, O Lesman-Segev, R LaJoie… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2019 - Springer
Background The tau positron emission tomography (PET) ligand 18 F-flortaucipir binds to
paired helical filaments of tau in aging and Alzheimer's disease (AD), but its utility in …

neuropathology of non‐tau frontotemporal lobar degeneration

M Neumann, IRA Mackenzie - Neuropathology and applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a heterogeneous clinical syndrome associated with
frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) as a relatively consistent neuropathological …

Frontotemporal dementia: a clinical review

H Sivasathiaseelan, CR Marshall… - Seminars in …, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Frontotemporal dementias are a clinically, neuroanatomically, and pathologically diverse
group of diseases that collectively constitute an important cause of young-onset dementia …