Astrocytes as a therapeutic target in alzheimer's disease–comprehensive review and recent developments

M Rodríguez-Giraldo, RE González-Reyes… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a frequent and disabling neurodegenerative disorder, in which
astrocytes participate in several pathophysiological processes including neuroinflammation …

Alzheimer's genes in microglia: a risk worth investigating

A Sudwarts, G Thinakaran - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2023 - Springer
Despite expressing many key risk genes, the role of microglia in late-onset Alzheimer's
disease pathophysiology is somewhat ambiguous, with various phenotypes reported to be …

The AAA+ chaperone VCP disaggregates Tau fibrils and generates aggregate seeds in a cellular system

I Saha, P Yuste-Checa, M Da Silva Padilha… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyloid-like aggregates of the microtubule-associated protein Tau are associated with
several neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease. The existence of …

Extracellular protein homeostasis in neurodegenerative diseases

MR Wilson, S Satapathy, M Vendruscolo - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2023 - nature.com
The protein homeostasis (proteostasis) system encompasses the cellular processes that
regulate protein synthesis, folding, concentration, trafficking and degradation. In the case of …

CREB3L2-ATF4 heterodimerization defines a transcriptional hub of Alzheimer's disease gene expression linked to neuropathology

C Gouveia Roque, KM Chung, EP McCurdy… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Gene expression is changed by disease, but how these molecular responses arise and
contribute to pathophysiology remains less understood. We discover that β-amyloid, a …

The chaperone Clusterin in neurodegeneration− friend or foe?

P Yuste‐Checa, A Bracher, FU Hartl - Bioessays, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Fibrillar protein aggregates are the pathological hallmark of a group of age‐dependent
neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Aggregates …

The E3 ubiquitin ligase, CHIP/STUB1, inhibits aggregation of phosphorylated proteoforms of microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT)

CM Nadel, AC Thwin, M Callahan, K Lee… - Journal of molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hyper-phosphorylated tau accumulates as insoluble fibrils in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and
related dementias. The strong correlation between phosphorylated tau and disease has led …

Implication of tau propagation on neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease

D Lamontagne-Kam, AK Ulfat, V Hervé… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Propagation of tau fibrils correlate closely with neurodegeneration and memory deficits seen
during the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although it is not well-established what …

Chaperoning shape-shifting tau in disease

BD Ryder, PM Wydorski, Z Hou… - Trends in biochemical …, 2022 - cell.com
Many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's, originate from the conversion of
proteins into pathogenic conformations. The microtubule-associated protein tau converts …

[HTML][HTML] Interplay of Proteostasis Capacity and Protein Aggregation: Implications for Cellular Function and Disease

MS Hipp, FU Hartl - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Eukaryotic cells are equipped with an intricate proteostasis network (PN), comprising nearly
3000 components dedicated to preserving proteome integrity and sustaining protein …