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ReviewBiomolecules2025

Cytoskeletal Proteins and Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis: Focusing on the Interplay with Tau Pathology.

Gege Jiang, Guanfeng Xie, Xiaoyi Li, Jing Xiong

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Review in Biomolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. When myelin breaks, tau aggregates - a new perspective on Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  15. Amyloid Beta Oligomers as Early Triggers of Neuronal Cytoskeleton Dysfunction in Alzheimer's Disease.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Gege JiangDepartment of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
Guanfeng XieDepartment of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
Xiaoyi LiDepartment of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.
Jing XiongDepartment of Neurology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2221-5972

Funding

Major Project of Science and Technology Innovation of Hubei Province 2024BCA003National Natural Science Foundation of China 82271446National Natural Science Foundation of China 82471442
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aggregation of Tau protein into neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), is associated with cognitive decline. Recent studies have revealed that neuronal cytoskeletal instability drives early AD pathogenesis. The physiological interaction between tau and the microtubule (MT) is crucial for maintaining axonal transport and stability. However, aberrant post-translational modifications (PTMs) in the MT binding domain-such as phosphorylation, acetylation and ubiquitination-trigger tau dissociation, causing microtubule collapse, transport deficits, and synaptic dysfunction. MT dysregulation also affects actin/cofilin-mediated dendritic spine destabilization and causes the hyperplasia of the glial intermediate filament, which exacerbates neuroinflammation and synaptic toxicity. This review systematically explores the functions of neuronal cytoskeletons, deciphers the molecular crosstalk between tau pathology and cytoskeletal remodeling, and proposes multi-target therapeutic strategies to restore cytoskeletal homeostasis, thereby providing novel perspectives for precision interventions in AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseCytoskeletal Proteinstau ProteinsAnimalsCytoskeletonHumansMicrotubulesNeurofibrillary TanglesPhosphorylationProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalCytoskeletal Proteinstau ProteinsAlzheimer’s diseaseearly stageneuronal cytoskeletonpost-translationally modifiedtau

Identifiers

PMID40563471
PMCPMC12190275

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