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 …

Tau immunotherapy for Alzheimer's disease

JT Pedersen, EM Sigurdsson - Trends in molecular medicine, 2015 - cell.com
Targeting pathological tau protein in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related tauopathies has
shown great potential in animal models. Given that tau lesions correlate better with the …

Mitochondrial calcium deregulation in the mechanism of beta-amyloid and tau pathology

N Esteras, AY Abramov - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
Aggregation and deposition of β-amyloid and/or tau protein are the key neuropathological
features in neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other …

Tau clearance mechanisms and their possible role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease

AS Chesser, SM Pritchard, GVW Johnson - Frontiers in neurology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
One of the defining pathological features of Alzheimer disease (AD) is the intraneuronal
accumulation of tau. The tau that forms these accumulations is altered both …

MicroRNA-132 provides neuroprotection for tauopathies via multiple signaling pathways

R El Fatimy, S Li, Z Chen, T Mushannen… - Acta …, 2018 - Springer
MicroRNAs (miRNA) regulate fundamental biological processes, including neuronal
plasticity, stress response, and survival. Here, we describe a neuroprotective function of miR …

Lysine methylation is an endogenous post-translational modification of tau protein in human brain and a modulator of aggregation propensity

KE Funk, SN Thomas, KN Schafer… - Biochemical …, 2014 - portlandpress.com
In Alzheimer's disease, the microtubule-associated protein tau dissociates from the neuronal
cytoskeleton and aggregates to form cytoplasmic inclusions. Although hyperphosphorylation …

Neuronal mitochondria modulation of LPS-induced neuroinflammation

M Harland, S Torres, J Liu, X Wang - Journal of Neuroscience, 2020 - Soc Neuroscience
Neuronal mitochondria dysfunction and neuroinflammation are two prominent pathological
features increasingly realized as important pathogenic mechanisms for neurodegenerative …

Involvement of calpain in the neuropathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

YAR Mahaman, F Huang… - Medicinal research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common (60% to 80%) age‐related disease
associated with dementia and is characterized by a deterioration of behavioral and cognitive …

Therapeutic strategies for the treatment of tauopathies: Hopes and challenges

MR Khanna, J Kovalevich, VMY Lee… - Alzheimer's & …, 2016 - Elsevier
A group of neurodegenerative diseases referred to as tauopathies are characterized by the
presence of brain cells harboring inclusions of pathological species of the tau protein. These …

Calpain inhibition mediates autophagy-dependent protection against polyglutamine toxicity

FM Menzies, M Garcia-Arencibia, S Imarisio… - Cell Death & …, 2015 - nature.com
Over recent years, accumulated evidence suggests that autophagy induction is protective in
animal models of a number of neurodegenerative diseases. Intense research in the field has …