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 …

Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PH Nguyen, A Ramamoorthy, BR Sahoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is observed in many amyloidogenic diseases affecting
either the central nervous system or a variety of peripheral tissues. Structural and dynamic …

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 …

Tauopathies: new perspectives and challenges

Y Zhang, KM Wu, L Yang, Q Dong, JT Yu - Molecular neurodegeneration, 2022 - Springer
Background Tauopathies are a class of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by
neuronal and/or glial tau-positive inclusions. Main body Clinically, tauopathies can present …

Mechanisms and pathology of protein misfolding and aggregation

N Louros, J Schymkowitz, F Rousseau - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite advances in machine learning-based protein structure prediction, we are still far
from fully understanding how proteins fold into their native conformation. The conventional …

The expanding amyloid family: Structure, stability, function, and pathogenesis

MR Sawaya, MP Hughes, JA Rodriguez, R Riek… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
The hidden world of amyloid biology has suddenly snapped into atomic-level focus,
revealing over 80 amyloid protein fibrils, both pathogenic and functional. Unlike globular …

Assembly of recombinant tau into filaments identical to those of Alzheimer's disease and chronic traumatic encephalopathy

S Lövestam, FA Koh, B van Knippenberg, A Kotecha… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Abundant filamentous inclusions of tau are characteristic of more than 20
neurodegenerative diseases that are collectively termed tauopathies. Electron cryo …

Disease-specific tau filaments assemble via polymorphic intermediates

S Lövestam, D Li, JL Wagstaff, A Kotecha, D Kimanius… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Intermediate species in the assembly of amyloid filaments are believed to play a central role
in neurodegenerative diseases and may constitute important targets for therapeutic …

Amyloid fibrils in FTLD-TDP are composed of TMEM106B and not TDP-43

YX Jiang, Q Cao, MR Sawaya, R Abskharon, P Ge… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is the third most common neurodegenerative
condition after Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. FTLD typically presents in 45 to 64 …

Structures of α-synuclein filaments from multiple system atrophy

M Schweighauser, Y Shi, A Tarutani, F Kametani… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Synucleinopathies, which include multiple system atrophy (MSA), Parkinson's disease,
Parkinson's disease with dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), are human …