Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

T Guo, D Zhang, Y Zeng, TY Huang, H Xu… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder seen in age-
dependent dementia. There is currently no effective treatment for AD, which may be …

Converging pathways in neurodegeneration, from genetics to mechanisms

L Gan, MR Cookson, L Petrucelli, AR La Spada - Nature neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
Neurodegenerative diseases cause progressive loss of cognitive and/or motor function and
pose major challenges for societies with rapidly aging populations. Human genetics studies …

TREM2 is a receptor for β-amyloid that mediates microglial function

Y Zhao, X Wu, X Li, LL Jiang, X Gui, Y Liu, Y Sun… - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Mutations in triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (TREM2) have been linked to
increased Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. Neurobiological functions of TREM2 and its …

Propagation of tau aggregates and neurodegeneration

M Goedert, DS Eisenberg… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
A pathway from the natively unfolded microtubule-associated protein Tau to a highly
structured amyloid fibril underlies human Tauopathies. This ordered assembly causes …

Tau reduction prevents neuronal loss and reverses pathological tau deposition and seeding in mice with tauopathy

SL DeVos, RL Miller, KM Schoch, BB Holmes… - Science translational …, 2017 - science.org
Accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau directly correlates with cognitive decline in
Alzheimer's disease and other primary tauopathies. One therapeutic strategy may be to …

Advances in progressive supranuclear palsy: new diagnostic criteria, biomarkers, and therapeutic approaches

AL Boxer, JT Yu, LI Golbe, I Litvan, AE Lang… - The Lancet …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), previously believed to be a common cause of
atypical parkinsonism, is now recognised as a range of motor and behavioural syndromes …

Evolving concepts in progressive supranuclear palsy and other 4-repeat tauopathies

M Stamelou, G Respondek, N Giagkou… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Tauopathies are classified according to whether tau deposits predominantly contain tau
isoforms with three or four repeats of the microtubule-binding domain. Those in which four …

Possible mechanisms of tau spread and toxicity in Alzheimer's disease

H Zhang, Y Cao, L Ma, Y Wei, H Li - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Tau is a protein that associates with microtubules (MTs) and promotes their assembly and
stability. The protein loses its ability to bind MTs in tauopathies, and detached tau can …

Four-repeat tauopathies

TW Roesler, AT Marvian, M Brendel… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Tau is a microtubule-associated protein with versatile functions in the dynamic assembly of
the neuronal cytoskeleton. Four-repeat (4R-) tauopathies are a group of neurodegenerative …

The new genetic landscape of Alzheimer's disease: from amyloid cascade to genetically driven synaptic failure hypothesis?

P Dourlen, D Kilinc, N Malmanche, J Chapuis… - Acta …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract A strong genetic predisposition (60–80% of attributable risk) is present in
Alzheimer's disease (AD). In view of this major genetic component, identification of the …