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Takeshi Iwatsubo

Professor of Neuropathology, The University of Tokyo
Verified email at mu-tokyo.ac.jp
Cited by 83694

Toward defining the preclinical stages of Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer's Association workgroups on …

…, DA Bennett, S Craft, AM Fagan, T Iwatsubo… - Alzheimer's & …, 2011 - Elsevier
The pathophysiological process of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is thought to begin many years
before the diagnosis of AD dementia. This long “preclinical” phase of AD would provide a …

Visualization of Aβ42 (43) and Aβ40 in senile plaques with end-specific Aβ monoclonals: evidence that an initially deposited species is Aβ42 (43)

T Iwatsubo, A Odaka, N Suzuki, H Mizusawa, N Nukina… - Neuron, 1994 - cell.com
To learn about the carboxy-terminal extent of amyloid g-protein (Ag) composition of senile
plaques (SPs) in the brain affected with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), we employed two end-…

α-Synuclein is phosphorylated in synucleinopathy lesions

…, MS Goldberg, J Shen, K Takio, T Iwatsubo - Nature cell …, 2002 - nature.com
The deposition of the abundant presynaptic brain protein α-synuclein as fibrillary aggregates
in neurons or glial cells is a hallmark lesion in a subset of neurodegenerative disorders. …

[HTML][HTML] Lecanemab in early Alzheimer's disease

…, M Irizarry, LD Kramer, T Iwatsubo - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The accumulation of soluble and insoluble aggregated amyloid-beta (Aβ) may
initiate or potentiate pathologic processes in Alzheimer’s disease. Lecanemab, a humanized …

The role of presenilin cofactors in the γ-secretase complex

…, M Niimura, Y Takahashi, G Thinakaran, T Iwatsubo - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Mutations in presenilin genes account for the majority of the cases of the familial form of
Alzheimer's disease (FAD). Presenilin is essential for γ-secretase activity, a proteolytic activity …

[HTML][HTML] The amyloid-β pathway in Alzheimer's disease

…, P Aisen, M Vendruscolo, T Iwatsubo… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Breakthroughs in molecular medicine have positioned the amyloid-β (Aβ) pathway at the
center of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathophysiology. While the detailed molecular mechanisms …

Aggregation of alpha-synuclein in Lewy bodies of sporadic Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies.

…, VM Lee, JQ Trojanowski, T Iwatsubo - The American journal …, 1998 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lewy bodies (LBs) are hallmark lesions of degenerating neurons in the brains of patients
with Parkinson's disease (PD) and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). Recently, a point …

Correlation of Alzheimer disease neuropathologic changes with cognitive status: a review of the literature

…, CM Hulette, BT Hyman, T Iwatsubo… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Clinicopathologic correlation studies are critically important for the field of Alzheimer disease
(AD) research. Studies on human subjects with autopsy confirmation entail numerous …

[PDF][PDF] APP processing and synaptic function

…, H Hsieh, G Seabrook, D Borchelt, T Iwatsubo… - Neuron, 2003 - cell.com
A large body of evidence has implicated Aβ peptides and other derivatives of the amyloid
precursor protein (APP) as central to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, …

[HTML][HTML] Phase 3 trials of solanezumab for mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease

…, RG Thomas, M Farlow, T Iwatsubo… - … England Journal of …, 2014 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Alzheimer's disease is characterized by amyloid-beta plaques, neurofibrillary
tangles, gliosis, and neuronal loss. Solanezumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody, …