Tau and neurodegenerative disease: the story so far

K Iqbal, F Liu, CX Gong - Nature reviews neurology, 2016 - nature.com
In 1975, tau protein was isolated as a microtubule-associated factor from the porcine brain.
In the previous year, a paired helical filament (PHF) protein had been identified in …

The rise of harmful cyanobacteria blooms: the potential roles of eutrophication and climate change

JM O'Neil, TW Davis, MA Burford, CJ Gobler - Harmful algae, 2012 - Elsevier
Cyanobacteria are the most ancient phytoplankton on the planet and form harmful algal
blooms in freshwater, estuarine, and marine ecosystems. Recent research suggests that …

Parkinson's disease: a multisystem disorder

HN Costa, AR Esteves, N Empadinhas… - Neuroscience Bulletin, 2023 - Springer
The way sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD) is perceived has undergone drastic changes in
recent decades. For a long time, PD was considered a brain disease characterized by motor …

Cyanobacterial toxins: Modes of actions, fate in aquatic and soil ecosystems, phytotoxicity and bioaccumulation in agricultural crops

S Corbel, C Mougin, N Bouaïcha - Chemosphere, 2014 - Elsevier
The occurrence of harmful cyanobacterial blooms in surface waters is often accompanied by
the production of a variety of cyanotoxins. These toxins are designed to target in humans …

Dietary exposure to an environmental toxin triggers neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid deposits in the brain

PA Cox, DA Davis, DC Mash… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Neurofibrillary tangles (NFT) and β-amyloid plaques are the neurological hallmarks of both
Alzheimer's disease and an unusual paralytic illness suffered by Chamorro villagers on the …

The non-protein amino acid BMAA is misincorporated into human proteins in place of L-serine causing protein misfolding and aggregation

RA Dunlop, PA Cox, SA Banack, KJ Rodgers - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Mechanisms of protein misfolding are of increasing interest in the aetiology of
neurodegenerative diseases characterized by protein aggregation and tangles including …

Diverse taxa of cyanobacteria produce β-N-methylamino-l-alanine, a neurotoxic amino acid

PA Cox, SA Banack, SJ Murch… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
Cyanobacteria can generate molecules hazardous to human health, but production of the
known cyanotoxins is taxonomically sporadic. For example, members of a few genera …

Human health risk assessment related to cyanotoxins exposure

E Funari, E Testai - Critical reviews in toxicology, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
This review focuses on the risk assessment associated with human exposure to cyanotoxins,
secondary metabolites of an ubiquitous group of photosynthetic procariota. Cyanobacteria …

ALS: A bucket of genes, environment, metabolism and unknown ingredients

M Zufiria, FJ Gil-Bea, R Fernandez-Torron… - Progress in …, 2016 - Elsevier
The scientific scenario of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has dramatically changed
since TDP-43 aggregates were discovered in 2006 as the main component of the neuronal …

A prospective longitudinal study on the microbiota composition in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

D Di Gioia, N Bozzi Cionci, L Baffoni, A Amoruso… - BMC medicine, 2020 - Springer
Background A connection between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and altered gut
microbiota composition has previously been reported in animal models. This work is the first …