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  1. Synaptotoxic effects of extracellular tau are mediated by its microtubule-binding region

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2025-06-02 Disease mechanisms

    Immunotherapies targeting extracellular tau share the premise that interrupting cell-to-cell spread of tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease (AD) will slow dementia pathogenesis.

  2. Tau phosphorylation at Alzheimer's disease biomarker sites impairs its cleavage by lysosomal proteases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2025-06 Biomarkers

    Phosphorylation renders the PRD significantly resistant to cleavage by the lysosome, especially at less acidic pH setpoints.

  3. Inhibition of tau neuronal internalization using anti-tau single domain antibodies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Nature communications 2025-04-02 Drug development

    In Alzheimer's disease, tau pathology spreads across brain regions as the disease progresses.

  4. In the present study, we found senescent aVICs exhibited impaired macroautophagy/autophagy as evidenced by compromised autophagy flux and immature autophagosomes.

  5. Sex-specific and cell-type-specific changes in chaperone-mediated autophagy across tissues during aging

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Nature aging 2025-02-05 Disease mechanisms

    Aging leads to progressive decline in organ and tissue integrity and function, partly due to loss of proteostasis and autophagy malfunctioning.

  6. Altered expression of Presenilin2 impacts endolysosomal homeostasis and synapse function in Alzheimer's disease-relevant brain circuits

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Nature communications 2024-11-29 Disease mechanisms

    Rare mutations in the gene encoding presenilin2 (PSEN2) are known to cause familial Alzheimer's disease (FAD).

  7. A novel peptide-based tau aggregation inhibitor as a potential therapeutic for Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-10-03 Drug development

    Unlike other aggregation inhibitors, RI-AG03 effectively suppresses aggregation of multiple Tau species containing both hotspots in vitro and in vivo, is non-toxic, and suppresses aggregation-dependent neurodegenerative and behavioral phenotypes.

  8. Cryo-EM structure of Alzheimer's disease tau filaments with PET ligand MK-6240

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Nature communications 2024-10-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Positron Emission Tomography (PET) ligands have advanced Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis and treatment.

  9. Multimerization of TREM2 is impaired by Alzheimer's disease-associated variants

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-07-20 TREM2 and immune genetics

    TREM2 trimers remained stably bound, driven primarily by salt bridge between residues D87 and R76 at the interface of TREM2 units.

  10. Annexin A11 aggregation in FTLD-TDP type C and related neurodegenerative disease proteinopathies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2024-06-19 Brain tissue and pathology

    TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is an RNA binding protein found within ribonucleoprotein granules tethered to lysosomes via annexin A11.

  11. A TrkB and TrkC partial agonist restores deficits in synaptic function and promotes activity-dependent synaptic and microglial transcriptomic changes in a late-stage Alzheimer's mouse model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-05-23 Disease mechanisms

    In APPL/S mice, BD10-2 treatment improved memory and LTP deficits.

  12. Messenger RNA-encoded antibody approach for targeting extracellular and intracellular tau

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Brain communications 2024-03-25 Drug development

    Monoclonal antibodies have emerged as a leading therapeutic agent for the treatment of disease, including Alzheimer's disease.

  13. Person-specific differences in ubiquitin-proteasome mediated proteostasis in human neurons

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 2024-03-12 Disease mechanisms

    Neurons with lower basal UPS activity were more vulnerable to tau accumulation following mild UPS inhibition.

  14. Head-to-head comparison of [18F]-Flortaucipir, [18F]-MK-6240 and [18F]-PI-2620 postmortem binding across the spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Acta neuropathologica 2024-01-27 Brain scans and imaging

    We and others have shown that [18F]-Flortaucipir, the most validated tau PET tracer thus far, binds with strong affinity to tau aggregates in Alzheimer's (AD) but has relatively low affinity for tau aggregates in non-AD tauopathies and exhibits off-target binding to neuromelanin- and melanin-containing cells, and to hemorrhages.

  15. PSEN2 Thr421Met Mutation in a Patient with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2022-11-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Presenilin-2 (PSEN2) mutation Thr421Met was identified from a 57-years old patient with early onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD) for the first time in Korea.

  16. A Possible Pathogenic PSEN2 Gly56Ser Mutation in a Korean Patient with Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2022-03-09 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease (EOAD) is characterized by the presence of neurological symptoms in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) before 65 years of age.

  17. Multiple Neurodegenerative Pathologies in an Alzheimer's Disease Patient Treated with Fornical Deep Brain Stimulation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2021 Brain tissue and pathology

    As an established treatment for movement disorders, deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been adapted for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by modulating fornix activity.

  18. ERK2 is increased in cerebrospinal fluid of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2010 Tau biomarkers

    The clinical diagnosis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) can be supported by several biochemical markers in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) such as 14-3-3 proteins and tau protein.

  19. A novel presenilin 2 gene mutation (D439A) in a patient with early-onset Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Neurology 2001-11-27 Risk genes beyond APOE

    The authors describe a novel missense mutation in the presenilin 2 (PSEN2) gene at residue 439 that predicts an aspartate-to-alanine substitution (D439A).

  20. Early Retinal UCHL1 Dysregulation Coupled With Synaptic Loss Reflects Alzheimer's Disease Severity

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 2026-08-29 Disease mechanisms

    Synaptic dysfunction is a major driver of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet its extent and molecular basis in the retina remain poorly defined.

  21. Patient-Derived PSEN1 Cerebral Organoids Revealed Parallel Development of Amyloid-β Accumulation and Network Dysfunction

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Cellular and molecular neurobiology 2026-07-20 Biomarkers

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by progressive dementia, brain atrophy, and ultimately death.

  22. Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists Inhibit the Initiation of Toxic Amyloid-β42 Aggregation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2026-05-14 Drug development

    The aggregation of the 42-residue form of the amyloid-β peptide (Aβ42) is important in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  23. NAD+ restores proteostasis through splicing-dependent autophagy

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Autophagy 2025-12-29 Disease mechanisms

    Autophagy preserves neuronal integrity by clearing damaged proteins and organelles, but its efficiency declines with aging and neurodegeneration.

  24. Recent Advances in Antibody Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease: Focus on Bispecific Antibodies

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. International journal of molecular sciences 2025-06-28 Treatments

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) impacts more than half a million people worldwide, with no cure available.

  25. Bispecific brain-penetrant antibodies for treatment of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2025-05-26 Treatments

    The emerging class of bispecific antibodies represents a significant advancement in Alzheimer's disease (AD) immunotherapy by addressing the limited brain concentrations achieved with conventional monoclonal antibodies.

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