Modulation of cellular processes by histone and non-histone protein acetylation

M Shvedunova, A Akhtar - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2022 - nature.com
Lysine acetylation is a widespread and versatile protein post-translational modification.
Lysine acetyltransferases and lysine deacetylases catalyse the addition or removal …

Tau-targeting therapies for Alzheimer disease: current status and future directions

EE Congdon, C Ji, AM Tetlow, Y Jiang… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in older individuals. AD is
characterized pathologically by amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles in the …

Tau and neuroinflammation in Alzheimer's disease: Interplay mechanisms and clinical translation

Y Chen, Y Yu - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2023 - Springer
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) contributes to most cases of dementia. Its prominent
neuropathological features are the extracellular neuritic plaques and intercellular …

[HTML][HTML] X-linked ubiquitin-specific peptidase 11 increases tauopathy vulnerability in women

Y Yan, X Wang, D Chaput, MK Shin, Y Koh, L Gan… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Although women experience significantly higher tau burden and increased risk for
Alzheimer's disease (AD) than men, the underlying mechanism for this vulnerability has not …

Protein posttranslational modifications in health and diseases: Functions, regulatory mechanisms, and therapeutic implications

Q Zhong, X Xiao, Y Qiu, Z Xu, C Chen, B Chong… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) refer to the breaking or generation of covalent
bonds on the backbones or amino acid side chains of proteins and expand the diversity of …

Alzheimer's disease: Novel targets and investigational drugs for disease modification

JL Cummings, AML Osse, JW Kinney - Drugs, 2023 - Springer
Novel agents addressing non-amyloid, non-tau targets in Alzheimer's Disease (AD)
comprise 70% of the AD drug development pipeline of agents currently in clinical trials. Most …

Acetylation discriminates disease-specific tau deposition

P Chakraborty, G Rivière, A Hebestreit… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pathogenic aggregation of the protein tau is a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and several
other tauopathies. Tauopathies are characterized by the deposition of specific tau isoforms …

Multiancestry analysis of the HLA locus in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases uncovers a shared adaptive immune response mediated by HLA-DRB1*04 subtypes

Y Le Guen, G Luo, A Ambati… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Across multiancestry groups, we analyzed Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) associations in
over 176,000 individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) …

Disrupting pathologic phase transitions in neurodegeneration

BT Hurtle, L Xie, CJ Donnelly - The Journal of clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Solid-like protein deposits found in aged and diseased human brains have revealed a
relationship between insoluble protein accumulations and the resulting deficits in neurologic …

Semaglutide ameliorates cognition and glucose metabolism dysfunction in the 3xTg mouse model of Alzheimer's disease via the GLP-1R/SIRT1/GLUT4 pathway

ZJ Wang, XR Li, SF Chai, WR Li, S Li, M Hou, JL Li… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Disorders of brain glucose metabolism is known to affect brain activity in neurodegenerative
diseases including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Furthermore, recent evidence has shown an …