The amyloid hypothesis in Alzheimer disease: new insights from new therapeutics

E Karran, B De Strooper - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Many drugs that target amyloid-β (Aβ) in Alzheimer disease (AD) have failed to demonstrate
clinical efficacy. However, four anti-Aβ antibodies have been shown to mediate the removal …

Cellular and pathological functions of tau

C Parra Bravo, SA Naguib, L Gan - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Tau protein is involved in various cellular processes, including having a canonical role in
binding and stabilization of microtubules in neurons. Tauopathies are neurodegenerative …

Structure-based classification of tauopathies

Y Shi, W Zhang, Y Yang, AG Murzin, B Falcon… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
The ordered assembly of tau protein into filaments characterizes several neurodegenerative
diseases, which are called tauopathies. It was previously reported that, by cryo-electron …

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 …

Molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

T Guo, D Zhang, Y Zeng, TY Huang, H Xu… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disorder seen in age-
dependent dementia. There is currently no effective treatment for AD, which may be …

Frontotemporal lobar degeneration

M Grossman, WW Seeley, AL Boxer, AE Hillis… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is one of the most common causes of early-onset
dementia and presents with early social–emotional–behavioural and/or language changes …

Astrocyte contribution to dysfunction, risk and progression in neurodegenerative disorders

AN Brandebura, A Paumier, TS Onur… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
There is increasing appreciation that non-neuronal cells contribute to the initiation,
progression and pathology of diverse neurodegenerative disorders. This Review focuses on …

Phosphorylated tau in Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies

P Rawat, U Sehar, J Bisht, A Selman… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia in elderly people. Amyloid beta
(Aβ) deposits and neurofibrillary tangles are the major pathological features in an …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation and neurodegenerative diseases: a disturbance in the force

A Zbinden, M Pérez-Berlanga, P De Rossi… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Protein aggregation is the main hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. Many proteins
found in pathological inclusions are known to undergo liquid-liquid phase separation, a …

Stress granules and neurodegeneration

B Wolozin, P Ivanov - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2019 - nature.com
Recent advances suggest that the response of RNA metabolism to stress has an important
role in the pathophysiology of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly amyotrophic lateral …