Synaptic degeneration in Alzheimer disease

M Tzioras, RI McGeachan, CS Durrant… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by progressive cognitive decline in older
individuals accompanied by the presence of two pathological protein aggregates—amyloid …

Amyloid β-based therapy for Alzheimer's disease: challenges, successes and future

Y Zhang, H Chen, R Li, K Sterling… - Signal transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Amyloid β protein (Aβ) is the main component of neuritic plaques in Alzheimer's disease
(AD), and its accumulation has been considered as the molecular driver of Alzheimer's …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Tau interactome maps synaptic and mitochondrial processes associated with neurodegeneration

TE Tracy, J Madero-Pérez, DL Swaney, TS Chang… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Tau (MAPT) drives neuronal dysfunction in Alzheimer disease (AD) and other tauopathies.
To dissect the underlying mechanisms, we combined an engineered ascorbic acid …

The lipid composition of extracellular vesicles: applications in diagnostics and therapeutic delivery

S Ghadami, K Dellinger - Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), including exosomes, with nanoscale sizes, biological origins,
various functions, and unique lipid and protein compositions have been introduced as …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular signatures underlying neurofibrillary tangle susceptibility in Alzheimer's disease

M Otero-Garcia, SU Mahajani, D Wakhloo, W Tang… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Tau aggregation in neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) is closely associated with
neurodegeneration and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the …

The physiological roles of tau and Aβ: implications for Alzheimer's disease pathology and therapeutics

SA Kent, TL Spires-Jones, CS Durrant - Acta neuropathologica, 2020 - Springer
Tau and amyloid beta (Aβ) are the prime suspects for driving pathology in Alzheimer's
disease (AD) and, as such, have become the focus of therapeutic development. Recent …

Microglia modulate neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

T Bartels, S De Schepper, S Hong - Science, 2020 - science.org
Dementia is a rapidly rising global health crisis that silently disables families and ends lives
and livelihoods around the world. To date, however, no early biomarkers or effective …