Protein misfolding, aggregation, and conformational strains in neurodegenerative diseases

C Soto, S Pritzkow - Nature neuroscience, 2018 - nature.com
A hallmark event in neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) is the misfolding, aggregation, and
accumulation of proteins, leading to cellular dysfunction, loss of synaptic connections, and …

What is the evidence that tau pathology spreads through prion-like propagation?

A Mudher, M Colin, S Dujardin, M Medina… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2017 - Springer
Emerging experimental evidence suggests that the spread of tau pathology in the brain in
Tauopathies reflects the propagation of abnormal tau species along neuroanatomically …

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 …

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 …

Propagation of protein aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases

J Vaquer-Alicea, MI Diamond - Annual review of biochemistry, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Most common neurodegenerative diseases feature deposition of protein amyloids and
degeneration of brain networks. Amyloids are ordered protein assemblies that can act as …

[HTML][HTML] Biomarkers of neurodegenerative diseases: biology, taxonomy, clinical relevance, and current research status

D Koníčková, K Menšíková, L Tučková, E Hényková… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
The understanding of neurodegenerative diseases, traditionally considered to be well-
defined entities with distinguishable clinical phenotypes, has undergone a major shift over …

Efficient RT-QuIC seeding activity for α-synuclein in olfactory mucosa samples of patients with Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy

CMG De Luca, AE Elia, SM Portaleone… - Translational …, 2019 - Springer
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder whose diagnosis is
often challenging because symptoms may overlap with neurodegenerative parkinsonisms …

α-Synuclein seed amplification technology for Parkinson's disease and related synucleinopathies

C Soto - Trends in Biotechnology, 2024 - cell.com
Synucleinopathies are a group of neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) associated with
cerebral accumulation of α-synuclein (αSyn) misfolded aggregates. At this time, there is no …

Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative dementias in comorbidity: a clinical and neuropathological overview

R Matej, A Tesar, R Rusina - Clinical biochemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Neuropathological diagnostic criteria of neurodegenerative disorders are based on the
presence of specific inclusions in a specific area of brain tissue that correlate with clinical …

Ultrastructural and biochemical classification of pathogenic tau, α-synuclein and TDP-43

A Tarutani, T Adachi, H Akatsu, Y Hashizume… - Acta …, 2022 - Springer
Intracellular accumulation of abnormal proteins with conformational changes is the defining
neuropathological feature of neurodegenerative diseases. The pathogenic proteins that …