Tau physiology and pathomechanisms in frontotemporal lobar degeneration

LG Bodea, A Eckert, LM Ittner, O Piguet… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) has been associated with toxic intracellular
aggregates of hyperphosphorylated tau (FTLD‐tau). Moreover, genetic studies identified …

An update on the interactions between Alzheimer's disease, autophagy and inflammation

M Bostancıklıoğlu - Gene, 2019 - Elsevier
An update on pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, the present document describes the
crosstalk between autophagy and inflammation in Alzheimer's disease progression by …

MECP2 and the biology of MECP2 duplication syndrome

SR D'Mello III - Journal of Neurochemistry, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract MECP2 duplication syndrome (MDS), a rare X‐linked genomic disorder affecting
predominantly males, is caused by duplication of the chromosomal region containing the …

Convolvulus pluricaulis (Shankhapushpi) ameliorates human microtubule-associated protein tau (hMAPτ) induced neurotoxicity in Alzheimer's disease Drosophila …

S Olakkaran, A Antony - Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, 2019 - Elsevier
Convolvulus pluricaulis (Shankhapushpi) has long been used as traditional herbal medicine
in India as nerve tonic. We studied the neuroprotective effects of C. pluricaulis extract …

Naphthoquinone-tryptophan hybrid inhibits aggregation of the tau-derived peptide PHF6 and reduces neurotoxicity

M Frenkel-Pinter, S Tal… - Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), are a group of disorders characterized
neuropathologically by intracellular toxic accumulations of abnormal protein aggregates …

Drosophila glial system: an approach towards understanding molecular complexity of neurodegenerative diseases

Shweta, K Sharma, M Shakarad, N Agrawal… - Molecular Biology …, 2024 - Springer
Glia is pivotal in regulating neuronal stem cell proliferation, functioning, and nervous system
homeostasis, significantly influencing neuronal health and disorders. Dysfunction in glial …

Social modulation of ageing: mechanisms, ecology, evolution

TP Quigley, GV Amdam - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Human life expectancy increases, but the disease-free part of lifespan (healthspan) and the
quality of life in old people may not show the same development. The situation poses …

Biophysical studies of protein misfolding and aggregation in in vivo models of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases

T Sinnige, K Stroobants, CM Dobson… - Quarterly Reviews of …, 2020 - cambridge.org
Neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's (AD) and Parkinson's diseases (PD),
are characterised by the formation of aberrant assemblies of misfolded proteins. The …

Cl-NQTrp alleviates tauopathy symptoms in a model organism through the inhibition of tau aggregation-engendered toxicity

M Frenkel-Pinter, S Tal, R Scherzer-Attali… - Neurodegenerative …, 2017 - karger.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most abundant tauopathy and is characterized by Aβ-
derived plaques and tau-derived tangles, resulting from the unfolding of the corresponding …

Elevated MeCP2 in mice causes neurodegeneration involving tau dysregulation and excitotoxicity: implications for the understanding and treatment of MeCP2 …

KR Montgomery, ASC Louis Sam Titus, L Wang… - Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Expression of MeCP2 must be carefully regulated as a reduction or increase results in
serious neurological disorders. We are studying transgenic mice in which the MeCP2 gene …