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 …

Contribution of astrocytes to neuropathology of neurodegenerative diseases

C Acioglu, L Li, S Elkabes - Brain research, 2021 - Elsevier
Classically, the loss of vulnerable neuronal populations in neurodegenerative diseases was
considered to be the consequence of cell autonomous degeneration of neurons. However …

Plasma p-tau231: a new biomarker for incipient Alzheimer's disease pathology

NJ Ashton, TA Pascoal, TK Karikari, AL Benedet… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
The quantification of phosphorylated tau in biofluids, either cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) or
plasma, has shown great promise in detecting Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathophysiology …

Novel tau biomarkers phosphorylated at T181, T217 or T231 rise in the initial stages of the preclinical Alzheimer's continuum when only subtle changes in Aβ …

M Suárez‐Calvet, TK Karikari, NJ Ashton… - EMBO molecular …, 2020 - embopress.org
In Alzheimer's disease (AD), tau phosphorylation in the brain and its subsequent release
into cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood is a dynamic process that changes during disease …

Cerebrospinal fluid p-tau231 as an early indicator of emerging pathology in Alzheimer's disease

NJ Ashton, AL Benedet, TA Pascoal, TK Karikari… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Phosphorylated tau (p-tau) epitopes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are accurate
biomarkers for a pathological and clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and are …

Sex specific molecular networks and key drivers of Alzheimer's disease

L Guo, J Cao, J Hou, Y Li, M Huang, L Zhu… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and age-associated
neurodegenerative disorder that affects women disproportionally. However, the underlying …

[HTML][HTML] Specific post-translational modifications of soluble tau protein distinguishes Alzheimer's disease and primary tauopathies

N Kyalu Ngoie Zola, C Balty, S Pyr dit Ruys… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Tau protein aggregates in several neurodegenerative disorders, referred to as tauopathies.
The tau isoforms observed in post mortem human brain aggregates is used to classify …

Post-translational modifications: regulators of neurodegenerative proteinopathies

R Gupta, M Sahu, D Srivastava, S Tiwari… - Ageing Research …, 2021 - Elsevier
One of the hallmark features in the neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs) is the accumulation
of aggregated and/or non-functional protein in the cellular milieu. Post-translational …

Chemical synthesis of bioactive proteins

O Harel, M Jbara - Angewandte Chemie, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Nature has developed a plethora of protein machinery to operate and maintain nearly every
task of cellular life. These processes are tightly regulated via post‐expression modifications …

Hyperphosphorylated tau (p-tau) and drug discovery in the context of Alzheimer's disease and related tauopathies

KBE Moore, TJ Hung, JS Fortin - Drug discovery today, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Dementia involves the chronic and progressive deterioration of cognitive
functions.•Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia.•Abnormally …