Prion-Like Propagation of Protein Aggregation and Related Therapeutic Strategies

Physiological release of endogenous tau is stimulated by neuronal activity

(2013) Amy M Pooler et al.   EMBO REPORTS

Synthetic Tau Fibrils Mediate Transmission of Neurofibrillary Tangles in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's-Like Tauopathy

(2013) M. Iba et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Targeting Phospho-Ser422 by Active Tau Immunotherapy in the THYTau22 Mouse Model: A Suitable Therapeutic Approach

(2012) Nadege Zommer et al.   Current Alzheimer Research

Fibrillar Structure and Charge Determine the Interaction of Polyglutamine Protein Aggregates with the Cell Surface

(2012) R. Sean Trevino et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Trans-cellular Propagation of Tau Aggregation by Fibrillar Species

(2012) Najla Kfoury et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Intracerebral inoculation of pathological α-synuclein initiates a rapidly progressive neurodegenerative α-synucleinopathy in mice

(2012) Kelvin C. Luk et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Spreading of Neurodegenerative Pathology via Neuron-to-Neuron Transmission of  -Amyloid

(2012) S. Nath et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Antibody-Aided Clearance of Extracellular  -Synuclein Prevents Cell-to-Cell Aggregate Transmission

(2012) E.-J. Bae et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Safety, tolerability, and antibody response of active Aβ immunotherapy with CAD106 in patients with Alzheimer's disease: randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, first-in-human study

(2012) Bengt Winblad et al.   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Exosomal cell-to-cell transmission of alpha synuclein oligomers

(2012) Karin M Danzer et al.   Molecular Neurodegeneration

Sting of Alzheimer's failures offset by upcoming prevention trials

(2012) Asher Mullard   NATURE REVIEWS DRUG DISCOVERY

Constitutive secretion of tau protein by an unconventional mechanism

(2012) Xiyun Chai et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Tau Overexpression Results in Its Secretion via Membrane Vesicles

(2012) Diana Simón et al.   Neurodegenerative Diseases

Tafamidis for transthyretin familial amyloid polyneuropathy: A randomized, controlled trial

(2012) T. Coelho et al.   NEUROLOGY

Sustained Therapeutic Reversal of Huntington's Disease by Transient Repression of Huntingtin Synthesis

(2012) Holly B. Kordasiewicz et al.   NEURON

Predicting Regional Neurodegeneration from the Healthy Brain Functional Connectome

(2012) Juan Zhou et al.   NEURON

Propagation of Tau Pathology in a Model of Early Alzheimer's Disease

(2012) Alix de Calignon et al.   NEURON

Trans-Synaptic Spread of Tau Pathology In Vivo

(2012) Li Liu et al.   PLoS One

Alpha-Synuclein Cell-to-Cell Transfer and Seeding in Grafted Dopaminergic Neurons In Vivo

(2012) Elodie Angot et al.   PLoS One

Hyperphosphorylation and Cleavage at D421 Enhance Tau Secretion

(2012) Vanessa Plouffe et al.   PLoS One

Pathological  -Synuclein Transmission Initiates Parkinson-like Neurodegeneration in Nontransgenic Mice

(2012) K. C. Luk et al.   SCIENCE

SOD1 in Cerebral Spinal Fluid as a Pharmacodynamic Marker for Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapy

(2012) Leah Winer et al.   JAMA Neurology

Intracerebral Infusion of Antisense Oligonucleotides Into Prion-infected Mice

(2012) Karah Nazor Friberg et al.   Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids

RNAi: a potential new class of therapeutic for human genetic disease

(2011) Attila A. Seyhan   HUMAN GENETICS

Exosome-associated Tau Is Secreted in Tauopathy Models and Is Selectively Phosphorylated in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Early Alzheimer Disease

(2011) Sudad Saman et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

α-Synuclein propagates from mouse brain to grafted dopaminergic neurons and seeds aggregation in cultured human cells

(2011) Christian Hansen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Passive immunization targeting pathological phospho-tau protein in a mouse model reduces functional decline and clears tau aggregates from the brain

(2011) Allal Boutajangout et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

In Vivo Microdialysis Reveals Age-Dependent Decrease of Brain Interstitial Fluid Tau Levels in P301S Human Tau Transgenic Mice

(2011) K. Yamada et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Transfer of host-derived alpha synuclein to grafted dopaminergic neurons in rat

(2011) Jeffrey H. Kordower et al.   NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE

Vaccination for Parkinson's disease

(2011) A. Schneeberger et al.   PARKINSONISM & RELATED DISORDERS

Passive Immunization Reduces Behavioral and Neuropathological Deficits in an Alpha-Synuclein Transgenic Model of Lewy Body Disease

(2011) Eliezer Masliah et al.   PLoS One

Tau-Targeted Immunization Impedes Progression of Neurofibrillary Histopathology in Aged P301L Tau Transgenic Mice

(2011) Mian Bi et al.   PLoS One

Recombinant prion protein induces a new transmissible prion disease in wild-type animals

(2010) Natallia Makarava et al.   ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA

Seeded Aggregation and Toxicity of α-Synuclein and Tau

(2010) Takashi Nonaka et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Cell-Produced  -Synuclein Is Secreted in a Calcium-Dependent Manner by Exosomes and Impacts Neuronal Survival

(2010) E. Emmanouilidou et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Superoxide Dismutase 1 and tgSOD1G93A Mouse Spinal Cord Seed Fibrils, Suggesting a Propagative Cell Death Mechanism in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

(2010) Ruth Chia et al.   PLoS One

Peripherally Applied A -Containing Inoculates Induce Cerebral  -Amyloidosis

(2010) Y. S. Eisele et al.   SCIENCE

The promises and pitfalls of RNA-interference-based therapeutics

(2009) Daniela Castanotto et al.   NATURE

Transmission and spreading of tauopathy in transgenic mouse brain

(2009) Florence Clavaguera et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Cytoplasmic penetration and persistent infection of mammalian cells by polyglutamine aggregates

(2009) Pei-Hsien Ren et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

A phase 2 multiple ascending dose trial of bapineuzumab in mild to moderate Alzheimer disease

(2009) S. Salloway et al.   NEUROLOGY

Neurodegenerative Diseases Target Large-Scale Human Brain Networks

(2009) William W. Seeley et al.   NEURON

Mutations in FUS, an RNA Processing Protein, Cause Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 6

(2009) C. Vance et al.   SCIENCE

Mutations in the FUS/TLS Gene on Chromosome 16 Cause Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

(2009) T. J. Kwiatkowski et al.   SCIENCE

Resting-State Functional Connectivity Reflects Structural Connectivity in the Default Mode Network

(2008) M. D. Greicius et al.   CEREBRAL CORTEX

Assembly-dependent endocytosis and clearance of extracellular a-synuclein

(2008) He-Jin Lee et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

TDP-43 Mutations in Familial and Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

(2008) J. Sreedharan et al.   SCIENCE