Molecular pathology of neurodegenerative diseases by cryo-EM of amyloids

SHW Scheres, B Ryskeldi-Falcon, M Goedert - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abnormal assembly of tau, α-synuclein, TDP-43 and amyloid-β proteins into amyloid
filaments defines most human neurodegenerative diseases. Genetics provides a direct link …

Visualization of neurofibrillary tangle maturity in Alzheimer's disease: A clinicopathologic perspective for biomarker research

CM Moloney, VJ Lowe, ME Murray - Alzheimer's & dementia, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neurofibrillary tangles, one of the neuropathologic hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, have a
dynamic lifespan of maturity that associates with progressive neuronal dysfunction and …

Assembly of recombinant tau into filaments identical to those of Alzheimer's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy

S Lövestam, FA Koh, B van Knippenberg, A Kotecha… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Abundant filamentous inclusions of tau are characteristic of more than 20
neurodegenerative diseases that are collectively termed tauopathies. Electron cryo …

Novel tau filament fold in chronic traumatic encephalopathy encloses hydrophobic molecules

B Falcon, J Zivanov, W Zhang, AG Murzin, HJ Garringer… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy that is
associated with repetitive head impacts or exposure to blast waves. First described as punch …

Structures of filaments from Pick's disease reveal a novel tau protein fold

B Falcon, W Zhang, AG Murzin, G Murshudov… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The ordered assembly of tau protein into abnormal filamentous inclusions underlies many
human neurodegenerative diseases. Tau assemblies seem to spread through specific …

Cryo-EM structures of tau filaments from Alzheimer's disease

AWP Fitzpatrick, B Falcon, S He, AG Murzin… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease is the most common neurodegenerative disease, and there are no
mechanism-based therapies. The disease is defined by the presence of abundant …

[HTML][HTML] Reconsideration of amyloid hypothesis and tau hypothesis in Alzheimer's disease

F Kametani, M Hasegawa - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The so-called amyloid hypothesis, that the accumulation and deposition of oligomeric or
fibrillar amyloid β (Aβ) peptide is the primary cause of Alzheimer's disease (AD), has been …

Revisiting the grammar of Tau aggregation and pathology formation: how new insights from brain pathology are sha** how we study and target Tauopathies

G Limorenko, HA Lashuel - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Converging evidence continues to point towards Tau aggregation and pathology formation
as central events in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and other Tauopathies …

Roles of tau protein in health and disease

T Guo, W Noble, DP Hanger - Acta neuropathologica, 2017 - Springer
Tau is well established as a microtubule-associated protein in neurons. However, under
pathological conditions, aberrant assembly of tau into insoluble aggregates is accompanied …

New insights into the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

L Fan, C Mao, X Hu, S Zhang, Z Yang, Z Hu… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD), a common neurodegenerative disease in the elderly and the most
prevalent cause of dementia, is characterized by progressive cognitive impairment. The …