Lung endothelium, tau, and amyloids in health and disease

R Balczon, MT Lin, S Voth, AR Nelson… - Physiological …, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
Lung endothelia in the arteries, capillaries, and veins are heterogeneous in structure and
function. Lung capillaries in particular represent a unique vascular niche, with a thin yet …

Oh my gut! Is the microbial origin of neurodegenerative diseases real?

A Walker, DM Czyz - Infection and Immunity, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
There is no cure or effective treatment for neurodegenerative protein conformational
diseases (PCDs), such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's diseases, mainly because the etiology …

Cis P-tau underlies vascular contribution to cognitive impairment and dementia and can be effectively targeted by immunotherapy in mice

C Qiu, O Albayram, A Kondo, B Wang, N Kim… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Compelling evidence supports vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia
(VCID) including Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the underlying pathogenic mechanisms and …

The anesthetic sevoflurane induces tau trafficking from neurons to microglia

Y Dong, F Liang, L Huang, F Fang, G Yang… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Accumulation and spread of tau in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies occur in a
prion-like manner. However, the mechanisms and downstream consequences of tau …

New insights into clinical and mechanistic heterogeneity of the acute respiratory distress syndrome: summary of the Aspen Lung Conference 2021

TR Martin, RL Zemans, LB Ware… - American journal of …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Clinical and molecular heterogeneity are common features of human disease.
Understanding the basis for heterogeneity has led to major advances in therapy for many …

Cytotoxic tau released from lung microvascular endothelial cells upon infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa promotes neuronal tauopathy

CS Choi, M Gwin, S Voth, C Kolb, C Zhou… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Patients who recover from nosocomial pneumonia oftentimes exhibit long-lasting cognitive
impairment comparable with what is observed in Alzheimer's disease patients. We …

Pneumonia initiates a tauopathy

R Balczon, MT Lin, JY Lee, A Abbasi… - The FASEB …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Pneumonia causes short‐and long‐term cognitive dysfunction in a high proportion of
patients, although the mechanism (s) responsible for this effect are unknown. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Virulent Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection converts antimicrobial amyloids into cytotoxic prions

S Voth, M Gwin, CM Francis, R Balczon… - The FASEB …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection elicits the production of cytotoxic amyloids from lung
endothelium, yet molecular mechanisms of host‐pathogen interaction that underlie the …

Neurovascular Dysfunction in Diverse Communities With Health Disparities—Contributions to Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

N Saiyasit, EAR Butlig, SD Chaney… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) are an expanding worldwide crisis. In
the absence of scientific breakthroughs, the global prevalence of ADRD will continue to …

Perspectives on the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type III Secretion System Effector ExoU and Its Subversion of the Host Innate Immune Response to Infection

KS Hardy, MH Tessmer, DW Frank, JP Audia - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic, Gram-negative pathogen and an important
cause of hospital acquired infections, especially in immunocompromised patients. Highly …