Tau phosphorylation: the therapeutic challenge for neurodegenerative disease

DP Hanger, BH Anderton, W Noble - Trends in molecular medicine, 2009 - cell.com
The microtubule-associated protein tau is integral to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's
disease (AD), as well as several related disorders, termed tauopathies, in which tau is …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding glaucomatous damage: anatomical and functional data from ocular hypertensive rodent retinas

M Vidal-Sanz, M Salinas-Navarro… - Progress in retinal and …, 2012 - Elsevier
Glaucoma, the second most common cause of blindness, is characterized by a progressive
loss of retinal ganglion cells and their axons, with a concomitant loss of the visual field …

Regulation of motor proteins, axonal transport deficits and adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases

ST Brady, GA Morfini - Neurobiology of disease, 2017 - Elsevier
Neurons affected in a wide variety of unrelated adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases
(AONDs) typically exhibit a “dying back” pattern of degeneration, which is characterized by …

Grape derived polyphenols attenuate tau neuropathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

J Wang, I Santa-Maria, L Ho… - Journal of …, 2010 - content.iospress.com
Aggregation of microtubule-associated protein tau into insoluble intracellular neurofibrillary
tangles is a characteristic hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other …

[HTML][HTML] Retinal ganglion cell axonal compression by retinal vessels in light-induced retinal degeneration

D Garcia-Ayuso, M Salinas-Navarro… - Molecular …, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose To analyze the damage produced by light in mydriatic and miotic albino retinas
under two different sources of light. Methods Albino Sprague Dawley female rats were …

[HTML][HTML] Time-course of the retinal nerve fibre layer degeneration after complete intra-orbital optic nerve transection or crush: a comparative study

G Parrilla-Reverter, M Agudo, F Nadal-Nicolás… - Vision Research, 2009 - Elsevier
We examined qualitatively and quantitatively in adult rat retinas the temporal degeneration
of the nerve fibre layer after intra-orbital optic nerve transection (IONT) or crush (IONC) …

Charcot–Marie–Tooth causing HSPB1 mutations increase Cdk5-mediated phosphorylation of neurofilaments

A Holmgren, D Bouhy, V De Winter, B Asselbergh… - Acta …, 2013 - Springer
Mutations in the small heat shock protein HSPB1 (HSP27) are a cause of axonal Charcot–
Marie–Tooth neuropathy (CMT2F) and distal hereditary motor neuropathy. To better …

Loss of prion protein leads to age-dependent behavioral abnormalities and changes in cytoskeletal protein expression

M Schmitz, C Greis, P Ottis, CJ Silva… - Molecular …, 2014 - Springer
The cellular prion protein (PrPC) is a highly conserved protein whose exact physiological
role remains elusive. In the present study, we investigated age-dependent behavioral …

PKIS: computational identification of protein kinases for experimentally discovered protein phosphorylation sites

L Zou, M Wang, Y Shen, J Liao, A Li, M Wang - BMC bioinformatics, 2013 - Springer
Background Dynamic protein phosphorylation is an essential regulatory mechanism in
various organisms. In this capacity, it is involved in a multitude of signal transduction …

Neurofilament phosphorylation and their proline‐directed kinases in health and disease

A Holmgren, D Bouhy… - Journal of the Peripheral …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The intermediate filaments called neurofilaments (NFs) are the main cytoskeleton elements
in neurons. They are mainly present in the adult axonal cytoskeleton, where they are …