Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

T Guo, D Zhang, Y Zeng, TY Huang, H Xu… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder seen in age-
dependent dementia. There is currently no effective treatment for AD, which may be …

Tau post-translational modifications: dynamic transformers of tau function, degradation, and aggregation

C Alquezar, S Arya, AW Kao - Frontiers in neurology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Post-translational modifications (PTMs) on tau have long been recognized as affecting
protein function and contributing to neurodegeneration. The explosion of information on …

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 …

Roles of tau protein in health and disease

T Guo, W Noble, DP Hanger - Acta neuropathologica, 2017 - Springer
Tau is well established as a microtubule-associated protein in neurons. However, under
pathological conditions, aberrant assembly of tau into insoluble aggregates is accompanied …

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 …

The spectrum of disease in chronic traumatic encephalopathy

AC McKee, TD Stein, CJ Nowinski, RA Stern… - Brain, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a progressive tauopathy that occurs as a consequence
of repetitive mild traumatic brain injury. We analysed post-mortem brains obtained from a …

The neuropathology of chronic traumatic encephalopathy

AC McKee, TD Stein, PT Kiernan, VE Alvarez - Brain pathology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Repetitive brain trauma is associated with a progressive neurological deterioration, now
termed as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Most instances of CTE occur in …

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 …

Cleavage of tau by asparagine endopeptidase mediates the neurofibrillary pathology in Alzheimer's disease

Z Zhang, M Song, X Liu, SS Kang, IS Kwon… - Nature medicine, 2014 - nature.com
Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), composed of truncated and hyperphosphorylated tau, are a
common feature of numerous aging-related neurodegenerative diseases, including …

[HTML][HTML] The many faces of tau

M Morris, S Maeda, K Vossel, L Mucke - Neuron, 2011 - cell.com
While the microtubule-binding capacity of the protein tau has been known for many years,
new functions of tau in signaling and cytoskeletal organization have recently emerged. In …