[HTML][HTML] Microtubule dysfunction: a common feature of neurodegenerative diseases

A Sferra, F Nicita, E Bertini - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Neurons are particularly susceptible to microtubule (MT) defects and deregulation of the MT
cytoskeleton is considered to be a common insult during the pathogenesis of …

Amyloidogenesis of Tau protein

B Nizynski, W Dzwolak, K Nieznanski - Protein Science, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
The role of microtubule‐associated protein Tau in neurodegeneration has been extensively
investigated since the discovery of Tau amyloid aggregates in the brains of patients with …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Local nucleation of microtubule bundles through tubulin concentration into a condensed tau phase

A Hernández-Vega, M Braun, L Scharrel, M Jahnel… - Cell reports, 2017‏ - cell.com
Non-centrosomal microtubule bundles play important roles in cellular organization and
function. Although many diverse proteins are known that can bundle microtubules …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of prefibrillar Tau oligomers in vitro and in Alzheimer disease

KR Patterson, C Remmers, Y Fu, S Brooker… - Journal of Biological …, 2011‏ - Elsevier
Neurofibrillary tangles, composed of insoluble aggregates of the microtubule-associated
protein Tau, are a pathological hallmark of Alzheimer disease (AD) and other tauopathies …

Efficacy and safety of a liposome-based vaccine against protein Tau, assessed in tau. P301L mice that model tauopathy

C Theunis, N Crespo-Biel, V Gafner, M Pihlgren… - PloS one, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Progressive aggregation of protein Tau into oligomers and fibrils correlates with cognitive
decline and synaptic dysfunction, leading to neurodegeneration in vulnerable brain regions …

Tau co-organizes dynamic microtubule and actin networks

A Elie, E Prezel, C Guérin, E Denarier… - Scientific reports, 2015‏ - nature.com
The crosstalk between microtubules and actin is essential for cellular functions. However,
mechanisms underlying the microtubule-actin organization by cross-linkers remain largely …

Looking beyond the core: the role of flanking regions in the aggregation of amyloidogenic peptides and proteins

SM Ulamec, DJ Brockwell, SE Radford - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Amyloid proteins are involved in many neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's
disease [Tau, Amyloid β (Aβ)], Parkinson's disease [alpha-synuclein (αSyn)], and …

The role of post-translational modifications on the structure and function of tau protein

H Ye, Y Han, P Li, Z Su, Y Huang - Journal of Molecular Neuroscience, 2022‏ - Springer
Involving addition of chemical groups or protein units to specific residues of the target
protein, post-translational modifications (PTMs) alter the charge, hydrophobicity, and …

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 …