Yuko Saito

This paper describes a second-generation transgenic marmoset model of SCA3 that replicates motor impairments and neuropathology, offering a platform for studying disease mechanisms and therapies.

The paper identifies APOE rare missense variants in the Japanese population and finds two variants associated with protective effects against Alzheimer's disease.

This study identifies heteromeric amyloid filaments composed of ANXA11 and TDP-43 in FTLD-TDP Type C using cryo-EM, revealing a new pathological mechanism.

This paper evaluates the polygenic risk score for Alzheimer's disease in Japanese individuals, showing its utility despite genetic differences from European populations.

The paper reports cryo-EM structures of tau filaments formed in SH-SY5Y cells seeded with brain extracts from Alzheimer's and corticobasal degeneration cases, showing some structural templating.

The paper reports cryo-EM structures of α-synuclein filaments from Parkinson's disease, PD dementia, and dementia with Lewy bodies, showing they are composed of a single protofilament distinct from those in multiple system atrophy.

This study identifies age-dependent formation of TMEM106B amyloid filaments in human brains using cryo-EM, showing they appear in older individuals but not younger ones.

Cryo-EM structures sort four-repeat tauopathies into three-layered (PSP, GGT, LNT) and four-layered (CBD, AGD, ARTAG, MAPT intron 10 mutations) tau folds, grounding a hierarchical structure-based classification.