Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

TDP-43 interacts with amyloid-β, inhibits fibrillization, and worsens pathology in a model of Alzheimer’s disease

  • Yao-Hsiang Shih,
  • Ling-Hsien Tu,
  • Ting-Yu Chang,
  • Kiruthika Ganesan,
  • Wei-Wei Chang,
  • Pao-Sheng Chang,
  • Yu-Sheng Fang,
  • Yeh-Tung Lin,
  • Lee-Way Jin,
  • Yun-Ru Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19786-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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TDP-43 inclusions are observed in Alzheimer’s disease. Here the authors show that TDP-43 interacts with amyloid-β and inhibits fibrillization in vitro and exacerbates Alzheimer’s disease pathology in animal models.