Blood phospho-tau in Alzheimer disease: analysis, interpretation, and clinical utility

TK Karikari, NJ Ashton, G Brinkmalm… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Well-authenticated biomarkers can provide critical insights into the biological basis of
Alzheimer disease (AD) to enable timely and accurate diagnosis, estimate future burden and …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …

Novel tau filament fold in corticobasal degeneration

W Zhang, A Tarutani, KL Newell, AG Murzin… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Corticobasal degeneration (CBD) is a neurodegenerative tauopathy—a class of disorders in
which the tau protein forms insoluble inclusions in the brain—that is characterized by motor …

Porphyromonas gingivalis in Alzheimer's disease brains: Evidence for disease causation and treatment with small-molecule inhibitors

SS Dominy, C Lynch, F Ermini, M Benedyk… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Porphyromonas gingivalis, the keystone pathogen in chronic periodontitis, was identified in
the brain of Alzheimer's disease patients. Toxic proteases from the bacterium called …

Tau protein liquid–liquid phase separation can initiate tau aggregation

S Wegmann, B Eftekharzadeh, K Tepper… - The EMBO …, 2018 - embopress.org
The transition between soluble intrinsically disordered tau protein and aggregated tau in
neurofibrillary tangles in Alzheimer's disease is unknown. Here, we propose that soluble tau …

Cryo-EM structures of tau filaments from Alzheimer's disease

AWP Fitzpatrick, B Falcon, S He, AG Murzin… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease is the most common neurodegenerative disease, and there are no
mechanism-based therapies. The disease is defined by the presence of abundant …