Tauopathies: new perspectives and challenges

Y Zhang, KM Wu, L Yang, Q Dong, JT Yu - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2022 - Springer
Background Tauopathies are a class of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by
neuronal and/or glial tau-positive inclusions. Main body Clinically, tauopathies can present …

Impaired insulin signalling and allostatic load in Alzheimer disease

FG De Felice, RA Gonçalves, ST Ferreira - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The discovery of insulin in 1921 revolutionized the treatment of diabetes and paved the way
for numerous studies on hormone signalling networks and actions in peripheral tissues and …

The physiological roles of tau and Aβ: implications for Alzheimer's disease pathology and therapeutics

SA Kent, TL Spires-Jones, CS Durrant - Acta neuropathologica, 2020 - Springer
Tau and amyloid beta (Aβ) are the prime suspects for driving pathology in Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and, as such, have become the focus of therapeutic development. Recent …

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 …

Tau Isoforms: Gaining Insight into MAPT Alternative Splicing

A Corsi, C Bombieri, MT Valenti… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Tau microtubule-associated proteins, encoded by the MAPT gene, are mainly expressed in
neurons participating in axonal transport and synaptic plasticity. Six major isoforms …

Human tau-overexpressing mice recapitulate brainstem involvement and neuropsychiatric features of early Alzheimer's disease

KM Khan, N Balasubramanian, G Gaudencio… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2023 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) poses an ever-increasing public health concern as the population
ages, affecting more than 6 million Americans. AD patients present with mood and sleep …

Much more than a cytoskeletal protein: physiological and pathological functions of the non-microtubule binding region of tau

R Brandt, NI Trushina, L Bakota - Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Tau protein (MAPT) is classified as a microtubule-associated protein (MAP) and is believed
to regulate the axonal microtubule arrangement. It belongs to the tau/MAP2/MAP4 family of …

Aβ and Tau Interact with Metal Ions, Lipid Membranes and Peptide-Based Amyloid Inhibitors: Are These Common Features Relevant in Alzheimer's Disease?

G Di Natale, G Sabatino, MFM Sciacca, R Tosto… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the last two decades, the amyloid hypothesis, ie, the abnormal accumulation of toxic Aβ
assemblies in the brain, has been considered the mainstream concept sustaining research …

The role of tau proteoforms in health and disease

Z Waheed, J Choudhary, FH Jatala, Fatimah… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Tau is a microtubule-associated binding protein in the nervous system that is known for its
role in stabilizing microtubules throughout the nerve cell. It accumulates as β-sheet-rich …

Identification and characterization of a MAPT-targeting locked nucleic acid antisense oligonucleotide therapeutic for tauopathies

A Easton, ML Jensen, C Wang, PH Hagedorn… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2022 - cell.com
Tau is a microtubule-associated protein (MAPT, tau) implicated in the pathogenesis of
tauopathies, a spectrum of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by accumulation of …