Modeling the complex pathology of Alzheimer's disease in Drosophila

P Fernandez-Funez, L de Mena… - Experimental neurology, 2015 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia and the most common
neurodegenerative disorder. AD is mostly a sporadic disorder and its main risk factor is age …

Alzheimer's Disease Model System Using Drosophila

L Tsuda, YM Lim - Drosophila models for human diseases, 2018 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most epidemic neuronal dysfunctions among elderly people.
It is accompanied by neuronal disorders along with learning and memory defects, as well as …

Trodusquemine enhances Aβ42 aggregation but suppresses its toxicity by displacing oligomers from cell membranes

R Limbocker, S Chia, FS Ruggeri, M Perni… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Transient oligomeric species formed during the aggregation process of the 42-residue form
of the amyloid-β peptide (Aβ42) are key pathogenic agents in Alzheimer's disease (AD). To …

Protein misfolding occurs by slow diffusion across multiple barriers in a rough energy landscape

H Yu, DR Dee, X Liu, AM Brigley… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
The timescale for the microscopic dynamics of proteins during conformational transitions is
set by the intrachain diffusion coefficient, D. Despite the central role of protein misfolding and …

Seed-induced acceleration of amyloid-β mediated neurotoxicity in vivo

RF Sowade, TR Jahn - Nature communications, 2017 - nature.com
Seeded propagation of amyloid-beta (Aβ) pathology is suggested to contribute to the
progression of Alzheimer's disease. Local overproduction of aggregation-prone Aβ variants …

Inhibition of Chk2 promotes neuroprotection, axon regeneration, and functional recovery after CNS injury

MJ Taylor, AM Thompson, S Alhajlah, RI Tuxworth… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
DNA double-strand breaks occur in many acute and long-term neurological conditions,
including neurodegeneration, neurotrauma, and stroke. Nonrepaired breaks chronically …

Early stages of aggregation of engineered α-synuclein monomers and oligomers in solution

X Li, C Dong, M Hoffmann, CR Garen, LM Cortez… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract α-Synuclein is a protein that aggregates as amyloid fibrils in the brains of patients
with Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies. Small oligomers of α-synuclein …

Culling less fit neurons protects against amyloid-β-induced brain damage and cognitive and motor decline

DS Coelho, S Schwartz, MM Merino, B Hauert, B Topfel… - Cell reports, 2018 - cell.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia, impairing cognitive and
motor functions. One of the pathological hallmarks of AD is neuronal loss, which is not …

A Novel Drosophila Model of Alzheimer's Disease to Study Aβ Proteotoxicity in the Digestive Tract

G Elovsson, T Klingstedt, M Brown… - International journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Amyloid-β (Aβ) proteotoxicity is associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and is caused by
protein aggregation, resulting in neuronal damage in the brain. In the search for novel …

[HTML][HTML] Alzheimer's disease associated genes ankyrin and tau cause shortened lifespan and memory loss in Drosophila

JP Higham, BR Malik, E Buhl, JM Dawson… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia and is characterized by
intracellular neurofibrillary tangles of hyperphosphorylated Tau, including the 0N4R isoform …