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ArticleNeurobiology of aging2015

Isolation and characterization of antibody fragments selective for toxic oligomeric tau.

Huilai Tian, Eliot Davidowitz, Patricia Lopez, Ping He, Philip Schulz, James Moe, Michael R Sierks

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Article in Neurobiology of aging, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Huilai TianDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Eliot DavidowitzOligomerix Inc, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Patricia LopezOligomerix Inc, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Ping HeDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
Philip SchulzDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
James MoeOligomerix Inc, Valhalla, NY, USA.
Michael R SierksDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. Electronic address: sierks@asu.edu.
Arizona State University · USOligomerix (United States) · US

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG019610 · NIA · SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI REIMAN, ERIC MICHAEL · 2001 to 2020
$32.5M
PET, APOE & the Preclinical Course of Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG031581 · NIA · BANNER ALZHEIMER'S INSTITUTE · PI CASELLI, RICHARD J., REIMAN, ERIC MICHAEL · 2008 to 2018
$16.6M
High throughput tau oligomer drug screening assay for Alzheimer's diseaseR44AG029777 · NIA · OLIGOMERIX, INC · PI MOE, JAMES G. · 2010 to 2014
$3.4M
High throughput tau oligomer assay for drug screening for Alzheimer's diseaseR43AG029777 · NIA · OLIGOMERIX, INC · PI MOE, JAMES G. · 2007 to 2007
$234k
NIA NIH HHS AG029777NIA NIH HHS P30 AG019610NIA NIH HHS P30 AG19610NIA NIH HHS R01 AG031581NIA NIH HHS R43 AG029777NIA NIH HHS R44 AG029777NIA NIH HHS R44AG029777
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oligomeric tau species are important in the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD), as they are neurotoxic and can propagate tau-tangle pathology. Therefore, reagents that selectively recognize different key morphologies of tau are needed to help define the role of tau in AD and related diseases. We utilized a biopanning protocol that combines the binding diversity of phage-displayed antibody libraries with the powerful imaging capability of atomic force microscopy to isolate single-chain antibody fragments (scFvs) that selectively bind toxic oligomeric tau. We isolated 3 different antibody fragments that bind oligomeric but not monomeric or fibrillar tau. The scFvs differentiate brain tissue homogenates of both 3×TG and tau-AD mice from wild-type mice, detecting oligomeric tau at much earlier ages than when neurofibrillary tangles are typically detected. The scFvs also distinguish human postmortem AD brain tissue from cognitively normal postmortem human brain tissue, demonstrating the potential of this approach for developing biomarkers for early detection and progression of AD.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsAntibodiesBiomarkersBrainDisease Models, AnimalHumansImmunoglobulin Variable RegionMice, TransgenicPeptide LibraryPolymersProtein Aggregatestau ProteinsAntibodiesBiomarkersImmunoglobulin Variable RegionPeptide LibraryPolymersProtein Aggregatestau ProteinsAlzheimer's diseaseAntibody fragmentsBiomarkerBrain tissueImmunotherapyOligomeric tauPhage displayscFvToxic tau aggregates

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PMID25616912
PMCPMC4346425
OpenAlexW2051426601

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