The physiological roles of tau and Aβ: implications for Alzheimer's disease pathology and therapeutics

SA Kent, TL Spires-Jones, CS Durrant - Acta neuropathologica, 2020 - Springer
Tau and amyloid beta (Aβ) are the prime suspects for driving pathology in Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and, as such, have become the focus of therapeutic development. Recent …

History and progress of hypotheses and clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease

PP Liu, Y Xie, XY Meng, JS Kang - Signal transduction and targeted …, 2019 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive
memory loss along with neuropsychiatric symptoms and a decline in activities of daily life. Its …

Structure-based classification of tauopathies

Y Shi, W Zhang, Y Yang, AG Murzin, B Falcon… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The ordered assembly of tau protein into filaments characterizes several neurodegenerative
diseases, which are called tauopathies. It was previously reported that, by cryo-electron …

Reactive astrocytes acquire neuroprotective as well as deleterious signatures in response to Tau and Aß pathology

Z Jiwaji, SS Tiwari, RX Avilés-Reyes, M Hooley… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) alters astrocytes, but the effect of Aß and Tau pathology is poorly
understood. TRAP-seq translatome analysis of astrocytes in APP/PS1 ß-amyloidopathy and …

The roles of perineuronal nets and the perinodal extracellular matrix in neuronal function

JW Fawcett, T Oohashi, T Pizzorusso - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2019 - nature.com
Perineuronal nets (PNNs) are extracellular matrix (ECM) chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan
(CSPG)-containing structures that surround the soma and dendrites of various mammalian …

Neuronal cell death

M Fricker, AM Tolkovsky, V Borutaite… - Physiological …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
Neuronal cell death occurs extensively during development and pathology, where it is
especially important because of the limited capacity of adult neurons to proliferate or be …

The clinical promise of biomarkers of synapse damage or loss in Alzheimer's disease

M Colom-Cadena, T Spires-Jones, H Zetterberg… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2020 - Springer
Background Synapse damage and loss are fundamental to the pathophysiology of
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and lead to reduced cognitive function. The goal of this review is to …

Rodent models for Alzheimer disease

J Götz, LG Bodea, M Goedert - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
Animal models are indispensable tools for Alzheimer disease (AD) research. Over the
course of more than two decades, an increasing number of complementary rodent models …

Practical considerations for choosing a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

JL Jankowsky, H Zheng - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2017 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is behaviorally identified by progressive memory impairment and
pathologically characterized by the triad of β-amyloid plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and …

Tau and tauopathies

T Arendt, JT Stieler, M Holzer - Brain research bulletin, 2016 - Elsevier
Most neurodegenerative diseases are characterized by intracellular aggregates of insoluble
proteins. As for the majority of these disorders, aetiology and pathogenesis are only poorly …