[HTML][HTML] Phase separation and neurodegenerative diseases: a disturbance in the force

A Zbinden, M Pérez-Berlanga, P De Rossi… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Protein aggregation is the main hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. Many proteins
found in pathological inclusions are known to undergo liquid-liquid phase separation, a …

Visualization of neurofibrillary tangle maturity in Alzheimer's disease: A clinicopathologic perspective for biomarker research

CM Moloney, VJ Lowe, ME Murray - Alzheimer's & dementia, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neurofibrillary tangles, one of the neuropathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, have a
dynamic lifespan of maturity that associates with progressive neuronal dysfunction and …

The complexity of Alzheimer's disease: an evolving puzzle

C Ferrari, S Sorbi - Physiological reviews, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
The history of Alzheimer's disease (AD) started in 1907, but we needed to wait until the end
of the century to identify the components of pathological hallmarks and genetic subtypes and …

Biochemistry and cell biology of tau protein in neurofibrillary degeneration

EM Mandelkow, E Mandelkow - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Tau represents the subunit protein of one of the major hallmarks of Alzheimer disease (AD),
the neurofibrillary tangles, and is therefore of major interest as an indicator of disease …

[HTML][HTML] Passive immunotherapies targeting Aβ and tau in Alzheimer's disease

SS Plotkin, NR Cashman - Neurobiology of Disease, 2020 - Elsevier
Amyloid-β (Aβ) and tau proteins currently represent the two most promising targets to treat
Alzheimer's disease. The most extensively developed method to treat the pathologic forms of …

Tau protein hyperphosphorylation and aggregation in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies, and possible neuroprotective strategies

G Šimić, M Babić Leko, S Wray, C Harrington, I Delalle… - Biomolecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Abnormal deposition of misprocessed and aggregated proteins is a common final pathway
of most neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD is …

The molecular pathology of Alzheimer's disease

DJ Selkoe - Neuron, 1991 - Elsevier
Perhaps no disorder of the human brain has aroused more interest among neuroscientists in
recent years than Alzheimer's disease (AD). This common and devastating cerebral …

Brain amyloid-β oligomers in ageing and Alzheimer's disease

SE Lesne, MA Sherman, M Grant, M Kuskowski… - Brain, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Alzheimer's disease begins about two decades before the onset of symptoms or neuron
death, and is believed to be caused by pathogenic amyloid-β aggregates that initiate a …

Two amyloid precursor protein transgenic mouse models with Alzheimer disease-like pathology

C Sturchler-Pierrat, D Abramowski… - Proceedings of the …, 1997 - National Acad Sciences
Mutations in the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene cause early-onset familial Alzheimer
disease (AD) by affecting the formation of the amyloid β (Aβ) peptide, the major constituent …

[HTML][HTML] Microtubule-associated protein tau. Abnormal phosphorylation of a non-paired helical filament pool in Alzheimer disease.

E Köpke, YC Tung, S Shaikh, AC Alonso, K Iqbal… - Journal of Biological …, 1993 - Elsevier
The major protein subunit of the paired helical filaments (PHF) of Alzheimer disease (AD) is
the microtubule-associated protein tau. Tau is a family of phosphopolypeptides that are …