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Simple model systems reveal conserved mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies
The lack of effective therapies that slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related tauopathies highlights the need for a more comprehensive understanding of the fundamental cellular mechanisms underlying these diseases. Model organisms, including yeast, worms, and flies, provide simpl...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10638731/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37950311 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13024-023-00664-x |
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description | The lack of effective therapies that slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related tauopathies highlights the need for a more comprehensive understanding of the fundamental cellular mechanisms underlying these diseases. Model organisms, including yeast, worms, and flies, provide simple systems with which to investigate the mechanisms of disease. The evolutionary conservation of cellular pathways regulating proteostasis and stress response in these organisms facilitates the study of genetic factors that contribute to, or protect against, neurodegeneration. Here, we review genetic modifiers of neurodegeneration and related cellular pathways identified in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, focusing on models of AD and related tauopathies. We further address the potential of simple model systems to better understand the fundamental mechanisms that lead to AD and other neurodegenerative disorders. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13024-023-00664-x. |
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spelling | pubmed-106387312023-11-11 Simple model systems reveal conserved mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies Jiang, Yuwei MacNeil, Lesley T. Mol Neurodegener Review The lack of effective therapies that slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related tauopathies highlights the need for a more comprehensive understanding of the fundamental cellular mechanisms underlying these diseases. Model organisms, including yeast, worms, and flies, provide simple systems with which to investigate the mechanisms of disease. The evolutionary conservation of cellular pathways regulating proteostasis and stress response in these organisms facilitates the study of genetic factors that contribute to, or protect against, neurodegeneration. Here, we review genetic modifiers of neurodegeneration and related cellular pathways identified in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, focusing on models of AD and related tauopathies. We further address the potential of simple model systems to better understand the fundamental mechanisms that lead to AD and other neurodegenerative disorders. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13024-023-00664-x. BioMed Central 2023-11-10 /pmc/articles/PMC10638731/ /pubmed/37950311 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13024-023-00664-x Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Review Jiang, Yuwei MacNeil, Lesley T. Simple model systems reveal conserved mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies |
title | Simple model systems reveal conserved mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies |
title_full | Simple model systems reveal conserved mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies |
title_fullStr | Simple model systems reveal conserved mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies |
title_full_unstemmed | Simple model systems reveal conserved mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies |
title_short | Simple model systems reveal conserved mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies |
title_sort | simple model systems reveal conserved mechanisms of alzheimer’s disease and related tauopathies |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10638731/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37950311 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13024-023-00664-x |
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