Search Results - "WRAY, Selina"
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C9orf72 expansions in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Published in Lancet neurology (01-03-2015)“…Summary C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansions are the most common cause of familial frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)…”
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Neuronal activity enhances tau propagation and tau pathology in vivo
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-08-2016)“…The authors show that tau can be released by neurons and transferred to other neurons via the extracellular space. Moreover, they show that enhancing neuronal…”
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Microtubules Deform the Nuclear Membrane and Disrupt Nucleocytoplasmic Transport in Tau-Mediated Frontotemporal Dementia
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (15-01-2019)“…The neuronal microtubule-associated protein tau, MAPT, is central to the pathogenesis of many dementias. Autosomal-dominant mutations in MAPT cause inherited…”
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Tau Protein Hyperphosphorylation and Aggregation in Alzheimer's Disease and Other Tauopathies, and Possible Neuroprotective Strategies
Published in Biomolecules (06-01-2016)“…Abnormal deposition of misprocessed and aggregated proteins is a common final pathway of most neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD)…”
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The Src/c-Abl pathway is a potential therapeutic target in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Published in Science translational medicine (24-05-2017)“…Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal disease causing progressive loss of motor neurons, still has no effective treatment. We developed a phenotypic…”
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Familial Alzheimer’s Disease Mutations in PSEN1 Lead to Premature Human Stem Cell Neurogenesis
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (12-01-2021)“…Mutations in presenilin 1 (PSEN1) or presenilin 2 (PSEN2), the catalytic subunit of γ-secretase, cause familial Alzheimer’s disease (fAD). We hypothesized that…”
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G‐quadruplex‐binding small molecules ameliorate C9orf72 FTD/ALS pathology in vitro and in vivo
Published in EMBO molecular medicine (01-01-2018)“…Intronic GGGGCC repeat expansions in C9orf72 are the most common known cause of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which…”
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Maturation and phenotype of pathophysiological neuronal excitability of human cells in tau-related dementia
Published in Journal of cell science (27-05-2020)“…Frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism (FTDP-17) caused by the 10+16 splice-site mutation in the gene encoding microtubule-associated protein tau ( )…”
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Excess α-synuclein compromises phagocytosis in iPSC-derived macrophages
Published in Scientific reports (21-08-2017)“…To examine the pathogenic role of α-synuclein (αS) in Parkinson’s Disease, we have generated induced Pluripotent Stem Cell lines from early onset Parkinson’s…”
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Mitochondrial hyperpolarization in iPSC-derived neurons from patients of FTDP-17 with 10+16 MAPT mutation leads to oxidative stress and neurodegeneration
Published in Redox biology (01-08-2017)“…Tau protein inclusions are a frequent hallmark of a variety of neurodegenerative disorders. The 10+16 intronic mutation in MAPT gene, encoding tau, causes…”
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Progressive Motor Neuron Pathology and the Role of Astrocytes in a Human Stem Cell Model of VCP-Related ALS
Published in Cell reports (Cambridge) (30-05-2017)“…Motor neurons (MNs) and astrocytes (ACs) are implicated in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but their interaction and the sequence of…”
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MAPT expression and splicing is differentially regulated by brain region: relation to genotype and implication for tauopathies
Published in Human molecular genetics (15-09-2012)“…The MAPT (microtubule-associated protein tau) locus is one of the most remarkable in neurogenetics due not only to its involvement in multiple…”
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Selective suppression of oligodendrocyte-derived amyloid beta rescues neuronal dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease
Published in PLoS biology (01-07-2024)“…Reduction of amyloid beta (Aβ) has been shown to be effective in treating Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the underlying assumption that neurons are the main…”
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Editorial: Mechanisms of Action in Neurodegenerative Proteinopathies
Published in Frontiers in neuroscience (30-06-2022)Get full text
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Genetically engineered MAPT 10+16 mutation causes pathophysiological excitability of human iPSC-derived neurons related to 4R tau-induced dementia
Published in Cell death & disease (17-07-2021)“…Human iPSC lines represent a powerful translational model of tauopathies. We have recently described a pathophysiological phenotype of neuronal excitability of…”
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Novel Phosphorylation Sites in Tau from Alzheimer Brain Support a Role for Casein Kinase 1 in Disease Pathogenesis
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (10-08-2007)“…Tau in Alzheimer disease brain is highly phosphorylated and aggregated into paired helical filaments comprising characteristic neurofibrillary tangles. Here we…”
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Knockdown of Amyloid Precursor Protein: Biological Consequences and Clinical Opportunities
Published in Frontiers in neuroscience (14-03-2022)“…Amyloid precursor protein ( ) and its cleavage fragment Amyloid-β (Aβ) have fundamental roles in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Genetic alterations that either…”
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Pathogenic VCP Mutations Induce Mitochondrial Uncoupling and Reduced ATP Levels
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (10-04-2013)“…Valosin-containing protein (VCP) is a highly expressed member of the type II AAA+ ATPase family. VCP mutations are the cause of inclusion body myopathy,…”
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iPSC-derived neuronal models of PANK2-associated neurodegeneration reveal mitochondrial dysfunction contributing to early disease
Published in PloS one (01-09-2017)“…Mutations in PANK2 lead to neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation. PANK2 has a role in the biosynthesis of coenzyme A (CoA) from dietary vitamin B5,…”
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Tau cleavage and tau aggregation in neurodegenerative disease
Published in Biochemical Society transactions (01-08-2010)“…Deposition of highly phosphorylated tau in the brain is the most significant neuropathological and biochemical characteristic of the group of neurodegenerative…”
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