Cryo-EM structures of pathogenic fibrils and their impact on neurodegenerative disease research

TW Todd, NN Islam, CN Cook, TR Caulfield… - Neuron, 2024 - cell.com
Neurodegenerative diseases are commonly associated with the formation of aberrant
protein aggregates within the brain, and ultrastructural analyses have revealed that the …

TAUCON and TAUCOM: A novel biosensor based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer for detecting tau hyperphosphorylation-associated cellular pathologies

S Ahn, JS Suh, YK Jang, H Kim, K Han, Y Lee… - Biosensors and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tauopathies are neurodegenerative diseases characterized by abnormal conformational
changes in tau protein. Early hyperphosphorylation-induced conformational changes are …

Tau seed amplification assay reveals relationship between seeding and pathological forms of tau in Alzheimer's disease brain

B Frey, D Holzinger, K Taylor, DE Ehrnhoefer… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2023 - Springer
Tau seed amplification assays (SAAs) directly measure the seeding activity of tau and would
therefore be ideal biomarkers for clinical trials targeting seeding-competent tau in …

Site-specific phospho-tau aggregation-based biomarker discovery for AD diagnosis and differentiation

L Wu, N Gilyazova, JF Ervin, SHJ Wang… - ACS Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tau aggregates are present in multiple neurodegenerative diseases known as
“tauopathies,” including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Pick's disease (PiD), progressive …

Sequence-Dependent Conformational Properties of PGGG Motif in Tau Repeats: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Narrow Pick Filament

AE Sahayaraj, R Viswanathan, F Pinhero… - ACS Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Tauopathies are a class of neurodegenerative diseases correlated with the presence of
pathological Tau fibrils as a diagnostic marker. The microtubule-binding repeat region of …

Differential diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment of Alzheimer's disease by Simoa p-tau181 measurements with matching plasma and CSF

L Wu, S Arvai, SHJ Wang, AJ Liu, B Xu - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by a long preclinical phase. Although late-stage
AD/dementia may be robustly differentiated from cognitively normal individuals by means of …

Investigating the Theranostic Potential of Graphene Quantum Dots in Alzheimer's Disease

M Walton-Raaby, R Woods… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, with no definitive
diagnosis or known cure. The aggregation of Tau protein into neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) …

Hexameric aggregation nucleation core sequences and diversity of pathogenic tau strains

L Wu, SS Madhavan, C Tan, B Xu - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tau aggregation associates with multiple neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's
disease and rare tauopathies such as Pick's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, and …

Tau expression and phosphorylation in enteroendocrine cells

G Chapelet, N Béguin, B Castellano, I Grit… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background and objective There is mounting evidence to suggest that the gut-brain axis is
involved in the development of Parkinson's disease (PD). In this regard, the enteroendocrine …

1,4-Diurea- and 1,4-Dithiourea-Substituted Aromatic Derivatives Selectively Inhibit α-Synuclein Oligomer Formation In Vitro

SK Ganegamage, E Ramirez, H Alnakhala… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease, affecting
the elderly population worldwide. In PD, the misfolding of α-synuclein (α-syn) results in the …