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 …

Drug repurposing: progress, challenges and recommendations

S Pushpakom, F Iorio, PA Eyers, KJ Escott… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2019 - nature.com
Given the high attrition rates, substantial costs and slow pace of new drug discovery and
development, repurposing of'old'drugs to treat both common and rare diseases is …

The synapse as a treatment avenue for Alzheimer's Disease

L Peng, I Bestard-Lorigados, W Song - Molecular psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with devastating symptoms,
including memory impairments and cognitive deficits. Hallmarks of AD pathology are …

Epileptic activity in Alzheimer's disease: causes and clinical relevance

KA Vossel, MC Tartaglia, HB Nygaard… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Epileptic activity is frequently associated with Alzheimer's disease; this association has
therapeutic implications, because epileptic activity can occur at early disease stages and …

Crossing the blood–brain barrier: recent advances in drug delivery to the brain

MM Patel, BM Patel - CNS drugs, 2017 - Springer
CNS disorders are on the rise despite advancements in our understanding of their
pathophysiological mechanisms. A major hurdle to the treatment of these disorders is the …

Tau protein interaction partners and their roles in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies

J Sinsky, K Pichlerova, J Hanes - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Tau protein plays a critical role in the assembly, stabilization, and modulation of
microtubules, which are important for the normal function of neurons and the brain. In …

Drug combination therapy increases successful drug repositioning

W Sun, PE Sanderson, W Zheng - Drug discovery today, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Publications for drug repositioning have drastically increased in past five
years.•Different types of drug repositioning and available resources have been …

Targeting ERK1/2 protein-serine/threonine kinases in human cancers

R Roskoski Jr - Pharmacological research, 2019 - Elsevier
ERK1 and ERK2 are key protein kinases that contribute to the Ras-Raf-MEK-ERK MAP
kinase signalling module. This pathway participates in the control of numerous processes …

Advances in developing novel therapeutic strategies for Alzheimer's disease

J Cao, J Hou, J Ping, D Cai - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the most prevalent neurodegenerative disease of aging,
affects one in eight older Americans. Nearly all drug treatments tested for AD today have …

Dendritic tau in Alzheimer's disease

A Ittner, LM Ittner - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
The microtubule-associated protein tau and amyloid-β (Aβ) are key players in Alzheimer's
disease (AD). Aβ and tau are linked in a molecular pathway at the post-synapse with tau …