The complexity of tau in Alzheimer's disease

NN Naseri, H Wang, J Guo, M Sharma, W Luo - Neuroscience letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by two major pathological lesions in the brain,
amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) composed mainly of amyloid-β (Aβ) …

Synaptic basis of Alzheimer's disease: Focus on synaptic amyloid beta, P-tau and mitochondria

A John, PH Reddy - Ageing research reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and synaptic failure disease. Despite the many
years of research, AD still harbors many secrets. As more of the world's population grows …

Synaptic oligomeric tau in Alzheimer's disease—A potential culprit in the spread of tau pathology through the brain

M Colom-Cadena, C Davies, S Sirisi, JE Lee… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
In Alzheimer's disease, fibrillar tau pathology accumulates and spreads through the brain
and synapses are lost. Evidence from mouse models indicates that tau spreads trans …

Tau association with synaptic vesicles causes presynaptic dysfunction

L Zhou, J McInnes, K Wierda, M Holt… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Tau is implicated in more than 20 neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's
disease. Under pathological conditions, Tau dissociates from axonal microtubules and …

The preclinical phase of the pathological process underlying sporadic Alzheimer's disease

H Braak, K Del Tredici - Brain, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abnormal tau lesions (non-argyrophilic pretangle material, argyrophilic neuropil threads,
neurofibrillary tangles) in select types of neurons are crucial for the pathogenesis of sporadic …

The concept of resilience to Alzheimer's Disease: current definitions and cellular and molecular mechanisms

LE de Vries, I Huitinga, HW Kessels, DF Swaab… - Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
Some individuals are able to maintain their cognitive abilities despite the presence of
significant Alzheimer's Disease (AD) neuropathological changes. This discrepancy between …

Synaptic tau seeding precedes tau pathology in human Alzheimer's disease brain

SL DeVos, BT Corjuc, DH Oakley… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is defined by the presence of intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles
(NFTs) composed of hyperphosphorylated tau aggregates as well as extracellular amyloid …

Recent publications from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative: Reviewing progress toward improved AD clinical trials

MW Weiner, DP Veitch, PS Aisen, LA Beckett… - Alzheimer's & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction The Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) has continued
development and standardization of methodologies for biomarkers and has provided an …

The importance of tau phosphorylation for neurodegenerative diseases

W Noble, DP Hanger, CCJ Miller… - Frontiers in neurology, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Fibrillar deposits of highly phosphorylated tau are a key pathological feature of several
neurodegenerative tauopathies including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and some …

Extracellular vesicles isolated from the brains of rTg4510 mice seed tau protein aggregation in a threshold-dependent manner

JC Polanco, BJ Scicluna, AF Hill, J Götz - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2016 - jbc.org
The microtubule-associated protein tau has a critical role in Alzheimer disease and related
tauopathies. There is accumulating evidence that tau aggregates spread and replicate in a …