title: Cytoskeletal pathologies of Alzheimer disease.
abstract: The histopathological hallmarks of Alzheimer disease are the extracellular amyloid plaques, composed principally of the amyloid beta peptide, and the intracellular neurofibrillary tangles, composed of paired helical filaments of the microtubule-associated protein, tau. Other histopathological structures involving actin and the actin-binding protein, cofilin, have more recently been recognized. Here we review new findings about these cytoskeletal pathologies, and, emphasize how plaques, tangles, the actin-containing inclusions and their respective building blocks may contribute to Alzheimer pathogenesis and the primary behavioral symptoms of the disease. Cell Motil. Cytoskeleton, 2009. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Neuroscience Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. jbamburg@lamar.colostate.edu
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Bamburg
authors.forename: George S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Bloom
mesh_terms: D051339:Actin Depolymerizing Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D051339:Actin Depolymerizing Factors; D000199:Actins; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides