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 …

The essential elements of Alzheimer's disease

P Lei, S Ayton, AI Bush - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) directed against the prominent amyloid plaque
neuropathology are yet to be proved effective despite many phase 3 clinical trials. There are …

Thrombin induces ACSL4-dependent ferroptosis during cerebral ischemia/reperfusion

Q Tuo, Y Liu, Z Xiang, HF Yan, T Zou, Y Shu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Ischemic stroke represents a significant danger to human beings, especially the elderly.
Interventions are only available to remove the clot, and the mechanism of neuronal death …

Revisiting the grammar of Tau aggregation and pathology formation: how new insights from brain pathology are shaping how we study and target Tauopathies

G Limorenko, HA Lashuel - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Converging evidence continues to point towards Tau aggregation and pathology formation
as central events in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and other Tauopathies …

Tau-mediated iron export prevents ferroptotic damage after ischemic stroke

QZ Tuo, P Lei, KA Jackman, XL Li, H Xiong… - Molecular …, 2017 - nature.com
Functional failure of tau contributes to age-dependent, iron-mediated neurotoxicity, and as
iron accumulates in ischemic stroke tissue, we hypothesized that tau failure may exaggerate …

Striking while the iron is hot: Iron metabolism and ferroptosis in neurodegeneration

S Masaldan, AI Bush, D Devos, AS Rolland… - Free Radical Biology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Perturbations in iron homeostasis and iron accumulation feature in several
neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) …

Tau in physiology and pathology

Y Wang, E Mandelkow - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2016 - nature.com
Tau is a microtubule-associated protein that has a role in stabilizing neuronal microtubules
and thus in promoting axonal outgrowth. Structurally, tau is a natively unfolded protein, is …

Iron neurochemistry in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease: targets for therapeutics

AA Belaidi, AI Bush - Journal of neurochemistry, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Brain iron homeostasis is increasingly recognized as a potential target for the development
of drug therapies for aging‐related disorders. Dysregulation of iron metabolism associated …

Tau protein interaction partners and their roles in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies

J Sinsky, K Pichlerova, J Hanes - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tau protein plays a critical role in the assembly, stabilization, and modulation of
microtubules, which are important for the normal function of neurons and the brain. In …

Iron, ferroptosis, and ischemic stroke

J Guo, Q Tuo, P Lei - Journal of Neurochemistry, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over 30 million people suffer from the consequences of ischemic stroke. The precise
molecular mechanism of neuronal damage during ischemic stroke remains unclear; …