New insights into drug discovery targeting tau protein

Y Soeda, A Takashima - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Microtubule-associated protein tau is characterized by the fact that it is an intrinsically
disordered protein due to its lack of a stable conformation and high flexibility. Intracellular …

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 …

Role of tau as a microtubule-associated protein: structural and functional aspects

P Barbier, O Zejneli, M Martinho, A Lasorsa… - Frontiers in aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Microtubules (MTs) play a fundamental role in many vital processes such as cell division
and neuronal activity. They are key structural and functional elements in axons, supporting …

Discovery and preclinical characterization of [18F]PI-2620, a next-generation tau PET tracer for the assessment of tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease and other …

H Kroth, F Oden, J Molette, H Schieferstein… - European journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Purpose Tau deposition is a key pathological feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other
neurodegenerative disorders. The spreading of tau neurofibrillary tangles across defined …

Disassembly of Tau fibrils by the human Hsp70 disaggregation machinery generates small seeding-competent species

E Nachman, AS Wentink, K Madiona, L Bousset… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
The accumulation of amyloid Tau aggregates is implicated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and
other tauopathies. Molecular chaperones are known to maintain protein homeostasis. Here …

Structures of the intrinsically disordered Aβ, tau and α-synuclein proteins in aqueous solution from computer simulations

PH Nguyen, P Derreumaux - Biophysical Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) play many biological roles in the human proteome
ranging from vesicular transport, signal transduction to neurodegenerative diseases. The Aβ …

PET radiopharmaceuticals for Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease diagnosis, the current and future landscape

BC Uzuegbunam, D Librizzi, B Hooshyar Yousefi - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ironically, population aging which is considered a public health success has been
accompanied by a myriad of new health challenges, which include neurodegenerative …

Zinc promotes liquid–liquid phase separation of tau protein

V Singh, L Xu, S Boyko, K Surewicz… - Journal of Biological …, 2020 - ASBMB
Tau is a microtubule-associated protein that plays a major role in Alzheimer's disease (AD)
and other tauopathies. Recent reports indicate that, in the presence of crowding agents, tau …

Tau (297‐391) forms filaments that structurally mimic the core of paired helical filaments in Alzheimer's disease brain

YK Al‐Hilaly, BE Foster, L Biasetti, L Lutter… - FEBS …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The constituent paired helical filaments (PHFs) in neurofibrillary tangles are insoluble
intracellular deposits central to the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other …

Developments with multi-target drugs for Alzheimer's disease: An overview of the current discovery approaches

JF González, AR Alcántara, AL Doadrio… - Expert opinion on …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common type of dementia among older
adults, is a chronic neurodegenerative pathology that causes a progressive loss of cognitive …