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AAV2-mediated GRP78 transfer alleviates retinal neuronal injury by downregulating ER stress and Tau oligomer formation

Ha, Y., Liu, W., Liu, H., Zhu, S., Xia, F., Gerson, J. E., Azhar, N. A., Tilton, R. G., Motamedi, M., Kayed, R. & Zhang, W., Sep 2018, In: Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 59, 11, p. 4670-4682 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

6 Scopus citations

Advances and considerations in AD tau-targeted immunotherapy

Bittar, A., Bhatt, N. & Kayed, R., Feb 2020, In: Neurobiology of Disease. 134, 104707.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access

15 Scopus citations

Advances in tau immunotherapy

Gerson, J. & Kayed, R., Jan 1 2016, Research Progress in Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia. Volume 6. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 99-114 16 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

A native interactor scaffolds and stabilizes toxic Ataxin-1 oligomers in SCA1

Lasagna-Reeves, C. A., Rousseaux, M. W. C., Guerrero-Munoz, M. J., Park, J., Jafar-Nejad, P., Richman, R., Lu, N., Sengupta, U., Litvinchuk, A., Orr, H. T., Kayed, R. & Zoghbi, H. Y., May 19 2015, In: eLife. 4, MAY, p. 1-46 46 p., e07558.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

16 Scopus citations

Antibody against Small Aggregated Peptide Specifically Recognizes Toxic Aβ-42 Oligomers in Alzheimer's Disease

Bodani, R. U., Sengupta, U., Castillo-Carranza, D. L., Guerrero-Muñoz, M. J., Gerson, J. E., Rudra, J. & Kayed, R., Dec 16 2015, In: ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 6, 12, p. 1981-1989 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

13 Scopus citations

Ataxin-1 oligomers induce local spread of pathology and decreasing them by passive immunization slows spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 phenotypes

Lasagna-Reeves, C. A., Rousseaux, M. W. C., Guerrero-Munoz, M. J., Vilanova-Velez, L., Park, J., See, L., Jafar-Nejad, P., Richman, R., Orr, H. T., Kayed, R. & Zoghbi, H. Y., Dec 17 2015, In: eLife. 4, DECEMBER2015, e10891.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

9 Scopus citations

Azure C Targets and Modulates Toxic Tau Oligomers

Lo Cascio, F. & Kayed, R., Jun 20 2018, In: ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 9, 6, p. 1317-1326 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

17 Scopus citations

Aβ Amyloid Pathology Affects the Hearts of Patients With Alzheimer's Disease: Mind the Heart

Troncone, L., Luciani, M., Coggins, M., Wilker, E. H., Ho, C. Y., Codispoti, K. E., Frosch, M. P., Kayed, R. & del Monte, F., Dec 6 2016, In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 68, 22, p. 2395-2407 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

60 Scopus citations

Binding and neurotoxicity mitigation of toxic tau oligomers by synthetic heparin like oligosaccharides

Wang, P., Lo Cascio, F., Gao, J., Kayed, R. & Huang, X., 2018, In: Chemical Communications. 54, 72, p. 10120-10123 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

10 Scopus citations

Caspase-cleaved tau exhibits rapid memory impairment associated with tau oligomers in a transgenic mouse model

Kim, Y. D., Choi, H., Lee, W. J., Park, H., Kam, T. I., Hong, S. H., Nah, J., Jung, S., Shin, B., Lee, H., Choi, T. Y., Choo, H., Kim, K. K., Choi, S. Y., Kayed, R. & Jung, Y. K., Mar 1 2016, In: Neurobiology of Disease. 87, p. 19-28 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

33 Scopus citations

Cerebral microvascular accumulation of tau oligomers in Alzheimer's disease and related tauopathies

Castillo-Carranza, D. L., Nilson, A. N., Van Skike, C. E., Jahrling, J. B., Patel, K., Garach, P., Gerson, J. E., Sengupta, U., Abisambra, J., Nelson, P., Troncoso, J., Ungvari, Z., Galvan, V. & Kayed, R., 2017, In: Aging and Disease. 8, 3, p. 257-266 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

32 Scopus citations

Corrigendum: Pre-amyloid oligomers budding:a metastatic mechanism of proteotoxicity

Bernini, F., Malferrari, D., Pignataro, M., Bortolotti, C. A., Di Rocco, G., Lancellotti, L., Brigatti, M. F., Kayed, R., Borsari, M., Del Monte, F. & Castellini, E., Jan 19 2017, In: Scientific reports. 7, 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

Open Access

Critical Role of the CXCL10/C-X-C Chemokine Receptor 3 Axis in Promoting Leukocyte Recruitment and Neuronal Injury during Traumatic Optic Neuropathy Induced by Optic Nerve Crush

Ha, Y., Liu, H., Zhu, S., Yi, P., Liu, W., Nathanson, J., Kayed, R., Loucas, B., Sun, J., Frishman, L. J., Motamedi, M. & Zhang, W., Feb 1 2017, In: American Journal of Pathology. 187, 2, p. 352-365 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

17 Scopus citations

Elevated phospholipase D isoform 1 in Alzheimer's disease patients’ hippocampus: Relevance to synaptic dysfunction and memory deficits

Krishnan, B., Kayed, R. & Taglialatela, G., 2018, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions. 4, p. 89-102 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

12 Scopus citations

Evaluating Passive Immunotherapy using Aged Transgenic Animals of Tauopathy

Al Lahham, R., Bittar, A., Montalbano, M., Carretero Murillo, M., McAllen, S., Bhatt, N., Ellsworth, A. & Kayed, R., Apr 2018, (Unpublished).

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

Evaluating Tau Oligomers Passive Immunotherapy using Aged Transgenic Animals of Tauopathy

Al Lahham, R., Bittar, A., Montalbano, M., Carretero Murillo, M., McAllen, S., Bhatt, N., Ellsworth, A. & Kayed, R., Jul 2018, In: Alzheimer's and Dementia. 14, 7, p. 1657

Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review

Evaluating Tau Oligomers Passive Immunotherapy using Aged Transgenic Animals of Tauopathy

Al Lahham, R., Bittar, A., Carretero Murillo, M., McAllen, S., Bhatt, N., Ellsworth, A. & Kayed, R., Dec 2017, (Unpublished).

Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

Formation of Toxic Oligomeric Assemblies of RNA-binding Protein: Musashi in Alzheimer's disease

Sengupta, U., Montalbano, M., McAllen, S., Minuesa, G., Kharas, M. & Kayed, R., Oct 26 2018, In: Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 6, 1, p. 113 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

9 Scopus citations

Functional Integrity of Synapses in the Central Nervous System of Cognitively Intact Individuals with High Alzheimer's Disease Neuropathology Is Associated with Absence of Synaptic Tau Oligomers

Singh, A., Allen, D., Fracassi, A., Tumurbaatar, B., Natarajan, C., Scaduto, P., Woltjer, R., Kayed, R., Limon, A., Krishnan, B., Taglialatela, G. & Abisambra, J., 2020, In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 78, 4, p. 1661-1678 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

Functional spreading of hyperexcitability induced by human and synthetic intracellular Aβ oligomers

Fernandez-Perez, E. J., Muñoz, B., Bascuñan, D. A., Peters, C., Riffo-Lepe, N. O., Espinoza, M. P., Morgan, P. J., Filippi, C., Bourboulou, R., Sengupta, U., Kayed, R., Epsztein, J. & Aguayo, L. G., Oct 17 2020, In: Unknown Journal.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Immunotherapy Targeting Tau Oligomeric Strains in Aged Transgenic Animals of Tauopathy

Al Lahham, R., Bittar, A., Carretero Murillo, M., McAllen, S., Bhatt, N., Ellsworth, A. & Kayed, R., Oct 2018, p. S64.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review

Internalization mechanisms of brain-derived tau oligomers from patients with Alzheimer’s disease, progressive supranuclear palsy and dementia with Lewy bodies

Puangmalai, N., Bhatt, N., Montalbano, M., Sengupta, U., Gaikwad, S., Ventura, F., McAllen, S., Ellsworth, A., Garcia, S. & Kayed, R., May 1 2020, In: Cell Death and Disease. 11, 5, 314.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

13 Scopus citations

iPSC-Derived Human Microglia-like Cells to Study Neurological Diseases

Abud, E. M., Ramirez, R. N., Martinez, E. S., Healy, L. M., Nguyen, C. H. H., Newman, S. A., Yeromin, A. V., Scarfone, V. M., Marsh, S. E., Fimbres, C., Caraway, C. A., Fote, G. M., Madany, A. M., Agrawal, A., Kayed, R., Gylys, K. H., Cahalan, M. D., Cummings, B. J., Antel, J. P., Mortazavi, A. & 3 others, Carson, M. J., Poon, W. W. & Blurton-Jones, M., Apr 19 2017, In: Neuron. 94, 2, p. 278-293.e9

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

255 Scopus citations

Modulating disease-relevant tau oligomeric strains by small molecules

Cascio, F. L., Garcia, S., Montalbano, M., Puangmalai, N., McAllen, S., Pace, A., Piccionello, A. P. & Kayed, R., Oct 30 2020, In: Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295, 44, p. 14807-14825 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

1 Scopus citations

Oligomer Formation and Cross-Seeding: The New Frontier

Farmer, K., Gerson, J. E. & Kayed, R., 2016, (Accepted/In press) In: Israel Journal of Chemistry.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

4 Scopus citations

Oligomeric tau-targeted immunotherapy in Tg4510 mice

Schroeder, S., Joly-Amado, A., Soliman, A., Sengupta, U., Kayed, R., Gordon, M. N. & Morgan, D., Jun 27 2017, In: Alzheimer's Research and Therapy. 9, 1, 46.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

7 Scopus citations

P53 aggregation, interactions with tau, and impaired DNA damage response in Alzheimer's disease

Farmer, K. M., Ghag, G., Puangmalai, N., Montalbano, M., Bhatt, N. & Kayed, R., Aug 10 2020, In: Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 8, 1, 132.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

5 Scopus citations

Pathological Interface between Oligomeric Alpha-Synuclein and Tau in Synucleinopathies

Sengupta, U., Guerrero-Muñoz, M. J., Castillo-Carranza, D. L., Lasagna-Reeves, C. A., Gerson, J. E., Paulucci-Holthauzen, A. A., Krishnamurthy, S., Farhed, M., Jackson, G. R. & Kayed, R., Nov 15 2015, In: Biological Psychiatry. 78, 10, p. 672-683 12 p.

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88 Scopus citations

Polymorphic α-Synuclein Strains Modified by Dopamine and Docosahexaenoic Acid Interact Differentially with Tau Protein

Sengupta, U., Puangmalai, N., Bhatt, N., Garcia, S., Zhao, Y. & Kayed, R., Jun 1 2020, In: Molecular Neurobiology. 57, 6, p. 2741-2765 25 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

3 Scopus citations

Potential mechanisms and implications for the formation of tau oligomeric strains

Gerson, J. E., Mudher, A. & Kayed, R., Nov 1 2016, In: Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 51, 6, p. 482-496 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

26 Scopus citations

Pre-amyloid oligomers budding: A metastatic mechanism of proteotoxicity

Bernini, F., Malferrari, D., Pignataro, M., Bortolotti, C. A., Di Rocco, G., Lancellotti, L., Brigatti, M. F., Kayed, R., Borsari, M., Del Monte, F. & Castellini, E., Oct 24 2016, In: Scientific reports. 6, 35865.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

8 Scopus citations

Prefibrillar Tau oligomers alter the nucleic acid protective function of Tau in hippocampal neurons in vivo

Violet, M., Chauderlier, A., Delattre, L., Tardivel, M., Chouala, M. S., Sultan, A., Marciniak, E., Humez, S., Binder, L., Kayed, R., Lefebvre, B., Bonnefoy, E., Buée, L. & Galas, M. C., Oct 1 2015, In: Neurobiology of Disease. 82, p. 540-551 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

35 Scopus citations

Preparation and characterization of tau oligomer strains

Sengupta, U., Carretero-Murillo, M. & Kayed, R., 2018, Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana Press Inc., p. 113-146 34 p. (Methods in Molecular Biology; vol. 1779).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

6 Scopus citations

Prospects for strain-specific immunotherapy in Alzheimer's disease and tauopathies

Bittar, A., Sengupta, U. & Kayed, R., Dec 1 2018, In: npj Vaccines. 3, 1, 9.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

24 Scopus citations

Revisiting the intersection of amyloid, pathologically modified tau and iron in Alzheimer's disease from a ferroptosis perspective

Derry, P. J., Hegde, M. L., Jackson, G. R., Kayed, R., Tour, J. M., Tsai, A. L. & Kent, T. A., Jan 2020, In: Progress in Neurobiology. 184, 101716.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access

12 Scopus citations

RNA-binding proteins Musashi and tau soluble aggregates initiate nuclear dysfunction

Montalbano, M., McAllen, S., Puangmalai, N., Sengupta, U., Bhatt, N., Johnson, O. D., Kharas, M. G. & Kayed, R., Dec 1 2020, In: Nature communications. 11, 1, 4305.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

4 Scopus citations

Selective lowering of synapsins induced by oligomeric α-synuclein exacerbates memory deficits

Larson, M. E., Greimel, S. J., Amar, F., LaCroix, M., Boyle, G., Sherman, M. A., Schley, H., Miel, C., Schneider, J. A., Kayed, R., Benfenati, F., Lee, M. K., Bennett, D. A. & Lesné, S. E., Jun 6 2017, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114, 23, p. E4648-E4657

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

25 Scopus citations

Soluble endogenous oligomeric α-synuclein species in neurodegenerative diseases: Expression, spreading, and cross-talk

Kayed, R., Dettmer, U. & Lesné, S. E., 2020, In: Journal of Parkinson's Disease. 10, 3, p. 791-818 28 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access

1 Scopus citations

Soluble tau aggregates, not large fibrils, are the toxic species that display seeding and cross-seeding behavior

Ghag, G., Bhatt, N., Cantu, D. V., Guerrero-Munoz, M. J., Ellsworth, A., Sengupta, U. & Kayed, R., Nov 2018, In: Protein Science. 27, 11, p. 1901-1909 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

25 Scopus citations

83 Scopus citations

Tau oligomers as pathogenic seeds: Preparation and propagation in vitro and in vivo

Gerson, J. E., Sengupta, U. & Kayed, R., 2017, Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana Press Inc., p. 141-157 17 p. (Methods in Molecular Biology; vol. 1523).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

16 Scopus citations

Tau oligomers associate with inflammation in the brain and retina of tauopathy mice and in neurodegenerative diseases

Nilson, A. N., English, K. C., Gerson, J. E., Barton Whittle, T., Nicolas Crain, C., Xue, J., Sengupta, U., Castillo-Carranza, D. L., Zhang, W., Gupta, P. & Kayed, R., 2017, In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 55, 3, p. 1083-1099 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

49 Scopus citations

Tau Oligomers Derived from Traumatic Brain Injury Cause Cognitive Impairment and Accelerate Onset of Pathology in Htau Mice

Gerson, J., Castillo-Carranza, D. L., Sengupta, U., Bodani, R., Prough, D. S., DeWitt, D. S., Hawkins, B. E. & Kayed, R., Nov 15 2016, In: Journal of neurotrauma. 33, 22, p. 2034-2043 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

39 Scopus citations

Tau Oligomers in Sera of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Aged Controls

Kolarova, M., Sengupta, U., Bartos, A., Ricny, J. & Kayed, R., 2017, In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 58, 2, p. 471-478 8 p.

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11 Scopus citations

Tau oligomers mediate α-synuclein toxicity and can be targeted by immunotherapy

Gerson, J. E., Farmer, K. M., Henson, N., Castillo-Carranza, D. L., Carretero Murillo, M., Sengupta, U., Barrett, A. & Kayed, R., Mar 15 2018, In: Molecular Neurodegeneration. 13, 1, 13.

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22 Scopus citations

TDP-43 and Tau Oligomers in Alzheimer's Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, and Frontotemporal Dementia

Montalbano, M., McAllen, S., Cascio, F. L., Sengupta, U., Garcia, S., Bhatt, N., Ellsworth, A., Heidelman, E. A., Johnson, O. D., Doskocil, S. & Kayed, R., Dec 2020, In: Neurobiology of Disease. 146, 105130.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

The interrelationship of proteasome impairment and oligomeric intermediates in neurodegeneration

Deger, J. M., Gerson, J. E. & Kayed, R., Oct 1 2015, In: Aging cell. 14, 5, p. 715-724 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

38 Scopus citations

The Potential of Small Molecules in Preventing Tau Oligomer Formation and Toxicity

Gerson, J. E., Lo Cascio, F. & Kayed, R., Jan 20 2017, Neuroprotection in Alzheimer's Disease. Elsevier Inc., p. 97-121 25 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

1 Scopus citations

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