Complicated role of post-translational modification and protease-cleaved fragments of tau in Alzheimer's Disease and other tauopathies

J Yang, N Shen, J Shen, Y Yang, HL Li - Molecular Neurobiology, 2024 - Springer
Tau, a microtubule-associated protein predominantly localized in neuronal axons, plays a
crucial role in promoting microtubule assembly, stabilizing their structure, and participating …

Upregulation of Ca2+-binding proteins contributes to VTA dopamine neuron survival in the early phases of Alzheimer's disease in Tg2576 mice

L La Barbera, A Nobili, E Cauzzi, I Paoletti… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Background Recent clinical and experimental studies have highlighted the involvement of
Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA) dopamine (DA) neurons for the early pathogenesis of …

[HTML][HTML] Nilotinib restores memory function by preventing dopaminergic neuron degeneration in a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease

L La Barbera, F Vedele, A Nobili, P Krashia… - Progress in …, 2021 - Elsevier
What happens precociously to the brain destined to develop Alzheimer's Disease (AD) still
remains to be elucidated and this is one reason why effective AD treatments are missing …

Recent advances towards diagnosis and therapeutic fingerprinting for Alzheimer's disease

LK Pradhan, PK Sahoo, S Chauhan, SK Das - Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Since the report of “a peculiar severe disease process of the cerebral cortex” by Alois
Alzheimer in 1906, it was considered to be a rare condition characterized by loss of …

Systemic delivery of a specific antibody targeting the pathological N-terminal truncated tau peptide reduces retinal degeneration in a mouse model of Alzheimer's …

V Latina, G Giacovazzo, F Cordella… - Acta Neuropathologica …, 2021 - Springer
Retina and optic nerve are sites of extra-cerebral manifestations of Alzheimer's Disease
(AD). Amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and neurofibrillary tangles of hyperphosphorylated tau protein …

Focusing on altered neuronal networks to fight early deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease

I Paoletti - 2024 - iris.unicampus.it
Although the most accredited hypothesis of neurodegeration is still based on the toxicity
induced by amyloid plaques, there are still no effective therapeutic options for the treatment …