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Jacek Biernat is affiliated with the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with subfields including physiology, molecular biology, neurology, biochemistry, and cell biology.

The scientist's work focuses on topics related to Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, prion diseases and protein misfolding, supramolecular self-assembly in materials, amino acid enzymes and metabolism, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, and RNA research and splicing.

Jacek Biernat has contributed to various publication venues, frequently publishing in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • Nature Medicine

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jacek Biernat include:

  • "A current view on Tau protein phosphorylation in Alzheimer's disease," 2021, Current Opinion in Neurobiology
  • "Plasma extracellular vesicle tau and TDP-43 as diagnostic biomarkers in FTD and ALS," 2024, Nature Medicine
  • "Disease-Associated Tau Phosphorylation Hinders Tubulin Assembly within Tau Condensates," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "FRET-based Tau seeding assay does not represent prion-like templated assembly of Tau filaments," 2020, Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • "Tau and Membranes: Interactions That Promote Folding and Condensation," 2021, Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Eckhard Mandelkow, with 14 co-authored works
  • Eva-Maria Mandelkow, 6 works
  • Senthilvelrajan Kaniyappan, 4 works
  • Katharina Tepper, 3 works
  • Sabrina Hübschmann, 3 works

Best Publications

  • Assembly of tau protein into Alzheimer paired helical filaments depends on a local sequence motif ((306)VQIVYK(311)) forming beta structure.

    M. von Bergen;P. Friedhoff;J. Biernat;J. Heberle

  • Indirubins Inhibit Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3β and CDK5/P25, Two Protein Kinases Involved in Abnormal Tau Phosphorylation in Alzheimer's Disease A PROPERTY COMMON TO MOST CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITORS?

    Sophie Leclerc;Matthieu Garnier;Ralph Hoessel;Doris Marko

  • Phosphorylation of Ser262 strongly reduces binding of tau to microtubules: Distinction between PHF-like immunoreactivity and microtubule binding

    J Biernat;N Gustke;G Drewes;E M Mandelkow

  • Liquid–liquid phase separation of the microtubule-binding repeats of the Alzheimer-related protein Tau

    Susmitha Ambadipudi;Jacek Biernat;Dietmar Riedel;Eckhard Mandelkow

  • Domains of tau protein and interactions with microtubules.

    N. Gustke;B. Trinczek;J. Biernat;E.-M. Mandelkow

  • Mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinase transforms tau protein into an Alzheimer-like state.

    G Drewes;B Lichtenberg-Kraag;F Döring;E M Mandelkow

  • Structural Polymorphism of 441-Residue Tau at Single Residue Resolution

    Marco D Mukrasch;Stefan Bibow;Jegannath Korukottu;Sadasivam Jeganathan

  • Glycogen synthase kinase-3 and the Alzheimer-like state of microtubule-associated protein tau

    E.-M. Mandelkow;G. Drewes;J. Biernat;N. Gustke

  • RNA stimulates aggregation of microtubule-associated protein tau into Alzheimer-like paired helical filaments

    T. Kampers;P. Friedhoff;J. Biernat;E.-M. Mandelkow

  • Abnormal Alzheimer-like phosphorylation of tau-protein by cyclin-dependent kinases cdk2 and cdk5

    K. Baumann;E. M. Mandelkow;J. Biernat;Helen Piwnica-Worms

  • Mutations of tau protein in frontotemporal dementia promote aggregation of paired helical filaments by enhancing local beta-structure.

    Martin von Bergen;Stefan Barghorn;Li Li;Alexander Marx

  • Phosphorylation that detaches tau protein from microtubules (Ser262, Ser214) also protects it against aggregation into Alzheimer paired helical filaments.

    A Schneider;J Biernat;M von Bergen;E Mandelkow

  • The switch of tau protein to an Alzheimer-like state includes the phosphorylation of two serine-proline motifs upstream of the microtubule binding region

    J. Biernat;E.M. Mandelkow;C. Schröter;B. Lichtenberg-Kraag

  • Inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases, GSK-3β and CK1 by hymenialdisine, a marine sponge constituent

    L. Meijer;A. M W H Thunnissen;A. W. White;M. Garnier

  • Alzheimer-like paired helical filaments and antiparallel dimers formed from microtubule-associated protein tau in vitro.

    H Wille;G Drewes;J Biernat;E M Mandelkow

  • Tau stabilizes microtubules by binding at the interface between tubulin heterodimers

    Harindranath Kadavath;Romina V. Hofele;Jacek Biernat;Satish Kumar

  • Oxidation of cysteine-322 in the repeat domain of microtubule-associated protein tau controls the in vitro assembly of paired helical filaments.

    Olaf Schweers;Eva-Maria Mandelkow;Jacek Biernat;Eckhard Mandelkow

  • Paullones are potent inhibitors of glycogen synthase kinase‐3β and cyclin‐dependent kinase 5/p25

    Maryse Leost;Christiane Schultz;Andreas Link;Yong Zhong Wu

  • Sequential phosphorylation of Tau by glycogen synthase kinase-3beta and protein kinase A at Thr212 and Ser214 generates the Alzheimer-specific epitope of antibody AT100 and requires a paired-helical-filament-like conformation.

    Qingyi Zheng-Fischhöfer;Jacek Biernat;Eva-Maria Mandelkow;Susanne Illenberger

  • Inducible Expression of Tau Repeat Domain in Cell Models of Tauopathy AGGREGATION IS TOXIC TO CELLS BUT CAN BE REVERSED BY INHIBITOR DRUGS

    Inna Khlistunova;Jacek Biernat;Yipeng Wang;Marcus Pickhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Eckhard Mandelkow
Eckhard Mandelkow German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Eva-Maria Mandelkow
Eva-Maria Mandelkow German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Markus Zweckstetter
Markus Zweckstetter German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Gerard Drewes
Gerard Drewes GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)
Martin von Bergen
Martin von Bergen Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Christian Griesinger
Christian Griesinger Max Planck Society
Helmut E. Meyer
Helmut E. Meyer Ruhr University Bochum
Martin Blackledge
Martin Blackledge Grenoble Alpes University
Gabriele M. Rune
Gabriele M. Rune Universität Hamburg
Laurent Meijer
Laurent Meijer Perha Pharmaceuticals

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