Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PH Nguyen, A Ramamoorthy, BR Sahoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is observed in many amyloidogenic diseases affecting
either the central nervous system or a variety of peripheral tissues. Structural and dynamic …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation and neurodegenerative diseases: a disturbance in the force

A Zbinden, M Pérez-Berlanga, P De Rossi… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Protein aggregation is the main hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. Many proteins
found in pathological inclusions are known to undergo liquid-liquid phase separation, a …

Tau post-translational modifications: dynamic transformers of tau function, degradation, and aggregation

C Alquezar, S Arya, AW Kao - Frontiers in neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) on tau have long been recognized as affecting
protein function and contributing to neurodegeneration. The explosion of information on …

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 …

Role of tau as a microtubule-associated protein: structural and functional aspects

P Barbier, O Zejneli, M Martinho, A Lasorsa… - Frontiers in aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Microtubules (MTs) play a fundamental role in many vital processes such as cell division
and neuronal activity. They are key structural and functional elements in axons, supporting …

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 …

Development of multifunctional molecules as potential therapeutic candidates for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the …

MG Savelieff, G Nam, J Kang, HJ Lee, M Lee… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Neurodegenerative diseases pose a substantial socioeconomic burden on society.
Unfortunately, the aging world population and lack of effective cures foreshadow a negative …

The complexity of tau in Alzheimer's disease

NN Naseri, H Wang, J Guo, M Sharma, W Luo - Neuroscience letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by two major pathological lesions in the brain,
amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) composed mainly of amyloid-β (Aβ) …

Friend or foe—Post-translational modifications as regulators of phase separation and RNP granule dynamics

M Hofweber, D Dormann - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2019 - ASBMB
Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) granules are membrane-less organelles consisting of RNA-
binding proteins (RBPs) and RNA. RNA granules form through liquid–liquid phase …

[HTML][HTML] The control centers of biomolecular phase separation: how membrane surfaces, PTMs, and active processes regulate condensation

WT Snead, AS Gladfelter - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Biomolecular condensation is emerging as an essential process for cellular
compartmentalization. The formation of biomolecular condensates can be driven by liquid …