A decade of tau transgenic animal models and beyond

J Götz, N Deters, A Doldissen, L Bokhari, Y Ke… - Brain …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The first tau transgenic mouse model was established more than a decade ago. Since then,
much has been learned about the role of tau in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders …

Transgenic mouse models of tauopathy in drug discovery

W Noble, DP Hanger, JM Gallo - CNS & Neurological …, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
Tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease, are neurodegenerative diseases characterized
by the deposition of hyperphosphorylated tau protein in the central nervous system, and are …

Tau and transgenic animal models

J Götz - Brain research reviews, 2001 - Elsevier
Advances in genetics and transgenic approaches have a continuous impact on our
understanding of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and related disorders, especially as aspects of …

Genetically augmenting tau levels does not modulate the onset or progression of Aβ pathology in transgenic mice

S Oddo, A Caccamo, D Cheng, B Jouleh… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The two hallmark pathologies of Alzheimer's disease (AD) are amyloid plaques, composed
of the small amyloid‐β (Aβ) peptide, and neurofibrillary tangles, comprised aggregates of the …

Lessons from tau‐deficient mice

YD Ke, AK Suchowerska… - International journal …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Both Alzheimer′ s disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are characterized by
the deposition of hyperphosphorylated forms of the microtubule‐associated protein tau in …

Regulatable transgenic mouse models of A lzheimer disease: onset, reversibility and spreading of T au pathology

K Hochgräfe, A Sydow, EM Mandelkow - The FEBS journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Accumulation of amyloidogenic proteins such as T au is a hallmark of neurodegenerative
diseases including A lzheimer disease and fronto‐temporal dementias. To link T au …

[HTML][HTML] Age-dependent emergence and progression of a tauopathy in transgenic mice overexpressing the shortest human tau isoform

T Ishihara, M Hong, B Zhang, Y Nakagawa, MK Lee… - Neuron, 1999 - cell.com
Filamentous tau aggregates are hallmarks of tauopathies, eg, frontotemporal dementia with
parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17) and amyotrophic lateral …

Overexpression of wild-type murine tau results in progressive tauopathy and neurodegeneration

SJ Adams, RJP Crook, M DeTure, SJ Randle… - The American journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
Here, we describe the generation and characterization of a novel tau transgenic mouse
model (mTau) that overexpresses wild-type murine tau protein by twofold compared with …

Tau reduction in the presence of amyloid-β prevents tau pathology and neuronal death in vivo

SL DeVos, BT Corjuc, C Commins, S Dujardin… - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Several studies have now supported the use of a tau lowering agent as a possible therapy in
the treatment of tauopathy disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. In human Alzheimer's …

A novel tau‐based rhesus monkey model of Alzheimer's pathogenesis

D Beckman, P Chakrabarty, S Ott, A Dao… - Alzheimer's & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating condition with no effective treatments,
with promising findings in rodents failing to translate into successful therapies for patients …