Three decades of Cdk5

PC Pao, LH Tsai - Journal of biomedical science, 2021 - Springer
Cdk5 is a proline-directed serine/threonine protein kinase that governs a variety of cellular
processes in neurons, the dysregulation of which compromises normal brain function. The …

A decade of CDK5

R Dhavan, LH Tsai - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2001 - nature.com
Since it was identified a decade ago, cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (CDK5) has emerged as a
crucial regulator of neuronal migration in the developing central nervous system. CDK5 …

A Cdk5-derived peptide inhibits Cdk5/p25 activity and improves neurodegenerative phenotypes

PC Pao, J Seo, A Lee, O Kritskiy… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Aberrant activity of cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk5) has been implicated in various
neurodegenerative diseases. This deleterious effect is mediated by pathological cleavage of …

Physiological and pathological phosphorylation of tau by Cdk5

T Kimura, K Ishiguro, S Hisanaga - Frontiers in molecular …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Hyperphosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein tau is one of the major pathological
events in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other related neurodegenerative diseases, including …

Aberrant Cdk5 activation by p25 triggers pathological events leading to neurodegeneration and neurofibrillary tangles

JC Cruz, HC Tseng, JA Goldman, H Shih, LH Tsai - Neuron, 2003 - cell.com
Abstract Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) and its regulatory subunit p35 are integral
players in the proper development of the mammalian central nervous system. Proteolytic …

Mice lacking p35, a neuronal specific activator of Cdk5, display cortical lamination defects, seizures, and adult lethality

T Chae, YT Kwon, R Bronson, P Dikkes, E Li, LH Tsai - Neuron, 1997 - cell.com
The adult mammalian cortex is characterized by a distinct laminar structure generated
through a well-defined pattern of neuronal migration. Successively generated neurons are …

Cdk5 activity in the brain–multiple paths of regulation

K Shah, DK Lahiri - Journal of cell science, 2014 - journals.biologists.com
ABSTRACT Cyclin dependent kinase-5 (Cdk5), a family member of the cyclin-dependent
kinases, plays a pivotal role in the central nervous system. During embryogenesis, Cdk5 is …

The impact of'bursting'thalamic impulses at a neocortical synapse

HA Swadlow, AG Gusev - Nature neuroscience, 2001 - nature.com
Considerable effort has gone into understanding the mechanisms underlying high-
frequency'bursting'of thalamocortical impulses, their sensory information content and their …

Cyclin-dependent kinases in brain development and disease

SC Su, LH Tsai - Annual review of cell and developmental …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 (Cdk5) is a multifaceted serine/threonine kinase protein with
important roles in the nervous system. Two related proteins, p35 and p39, activate Cdk5 …

Scrambler and yotari disrupt the disabled gene and produce a reeler -like phenotype in mice

M Sheldon, DS Rice, G D'Arcangelo, H Yoneshima… - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
Formation of the mammalian brain requires choreographed migration of neurons to
generate highly ordered laminar structures such as those in the cortices of the forebrain and …