Neuroinflammation as a common feature of neurodegenerative disorders

L Guzman-Martinez, RB Maccioni, V Andrade… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Neurodegenerative diseases share the fact that they derive from altered proteins that
undergo an unfolding process followed by formation of β-structures and a pathological …

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 …

α-Synuclein misfolding and aggregation: Implications in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis

S Mehra, S Sahay, SK Maji - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract α-Synuclein (α-Syn) has been extensively studied for its structural and biophysical
properties owing to its pathophysiological role in Parkinson's disease (PD). Lewy bodies …

Cell biology and pathophysiology of α-synuclein

J Burré, M Sharma, TC Südhof - Cold Spring …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
α-Synuclein is an abundant neuronal protein that is highly enriched in presynaptic nerve
terminals. Genetics and neuropathology studies link α-synuclein to Parkinson's disease (PD) …

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 …

Interactions of pathological proteins in neurodegenerative diseases

TL Spires-Jones, J Attems, DR Thal - Acta neuropathologica, 2017 - Springer
Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), frontotemporal lobar
degeneration (FTD), Lewy body disease (LBD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and amyotrophic …

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 …

Biochemistry and cell biology of tau protein in neurofibrillary degeneration

EM Mandelkow, E Mandelkow - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Tau represents the subunit protein of one of the major hallmarks of Alzheimer disease (AD),
the neurofibrillary tangles, and is therefore of major interest as an indicator of disease …

Implication of alpha-synuclein phosphorylation at S129 in synucleinopathies: what have we learned in the last decade?

A Oueslati - Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2016 - content.iospress.com
Abnormal accumulation of proteinaceous intraneuronal inclusions called Lewy bodies (LBs)
is the neurpathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD) and related synucleinopathies …

[HTML][HTML] α-Synuclein misfolding and Parkinson's disease

L Breydo, JW Wu, VN Uversky - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis …, 2012 - Elsevier
Substantial evidence links α-synuclein, a small highly conserved presynaptic protein with
unknown function, to both familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD). α-Synuclein has …