Aimee W. Kao

Also affiliated with University Memory and Aging Center

MedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Driven by 18 papers. Top paper: “Heavy metals contaminating the environment of a progressive supranuclear palsy cluster induce tau accumulation and cell death in cultured neurons”.

Heavy metals contaminating the environment of a progressive supranuclear palsy cluster induce tau accumulation and cell death in cultured neurons

Scientific Reports(2020)10.1038/s41598-019-56930-w

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49 citations

Jessica B. Felix, Elizabeth McCandlish, Brian Buckley, D Caparros-Lefèbvre, Celeste M. Karch +3 more

Progranulin Adsorbs to Polypropylene Tubes and Disrupts Functional Assays: Implications for Research, Biomarker Studies, and Therapeutics

Frontiers in Neuroscience(2020)10.3389/fnins.2020.602235

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4 citations

Paul J. Sampognaro, Andrea R. Argouarch, Aimee W. Kao, Sushmitha Gururaj

A genetically encoded, pH-sensitive mTFP1 biosensor for probing lysosomal pH

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2020)10.1101/2020.11.04.368654

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4 citations

Anand Patwardhan, Kean-Hooi Ang, Austin L. Wang, Carolina Alquézar, Mackenzie Welch +6 more

Processing of progranulin into granulins involves multiple lysosomal proteases and is affected in frontotemporal lobar degeneration

Research Square(2020)10.21203/rs.3.rs-44128/v3

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Paul J. Sampognaro, Andrea R. Argouarch, Jason C. Maynard, Anand Patwardhan, Mackenzie Welch +11 more

Processing of progranulin into granulins involves multiple lysosomal proteases and is affected in frontotemporal lobar degeneration

Research Square(2020)10.21203/rs.3.rs-44128/v1

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Paul J. Sampognaro, Andrea R. Argouarch, Jason C. Maynard, Anand Patwardhan, Emma C. Courtney +8 more

Tau Post-translational Modifications: Dynamic Transformers of Tau Function, Degradation, and Aggregation

Frontiers in Neurology(2021)10.3389/fneur.2020.595532

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359 citations

Shruti Arya, Aimee W. Kao, Carolina Alquézar

Processing of progranulin into granulins involves multiple lysosomal proteases and is affected in frontotemporal lobar degeneration

Molecular Neurodegeneration(2021)10.1186/s13024-021-00472-1

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54 citations

Paul J. Sampognaro, Andrea R. Argouarch, Jason C. Maynard, Mackenzie Welch, Anand Patwardhan +11 more

mTOR activation induces endolysosomal remodeling and nonclassical secretion of IL-32 via exosomes in inflammatory reactive astrocytes

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.09.11.459904

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11 citations

Brenda L. Rooney, Frank McCarthy, Wenlong Xia, Indigo V.L. Rose, Sophie Bax +9 more

A systematic comparison of fibroblasts derived from postmortem human dura mater versus dermal epithelium for neurodegenerative disease modeling

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2021)10.1101/2021.05.17.444554

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Celica Cosme, Kristle Garcia, Christian Corrales, Alissa L. Nana, Anna M. Karydas +7 more

Phenotypic Screening Using High-Content Imaging to Identify Lysosomal pH Modulators in a Neuronal Cell Model

ACS Chemical Neuroscience(2022)10.1021/acschemneuro.1c00804

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16 citations

Kean-Hooi Ang, Julia L. Davies, Carolina Alquézar, Virginia Garda, Brenda L. Rooney +5 more

Tuberous sclerosis complex is associated with a novel human tauopathy

Acta Neuropathologica(2022)10.1007/s00401-022-02521-5

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15 citations

Olga S. Perloff, Stephanie E. Gaus, Camila Benitez, Carolina Alquézar, Celica Q. Cosme +8 more

Mutations in α-synuclein, TDP-43 and tau prolong protein half-life through diminished degradation by lysosomal proteases

Molecular Neurodegeneration(2023)10.1186/s13024-023-00621-8

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38 citations

Shruti Arya, Giselle M. Knudsen, Emma L. Gunderson, Angélica Sandoval‐Pérez, Molly Hodul +5 more

The progranulin cleavage product granulin 3 exerts a dominant negative effect on animal fitness

Human Molecular Genetics(2023)10.1093/hmg/ddad184

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5 citations

Edwina A Mambou, Aimee W. Kao, Austin L. Wang

mTOR activation induces endolysosomal remodeling and nonclassical secretion of IL-32 via exosomes in inflammatory reactive astrocytes

Journal of Neuroinflammation(2024)10.1186/s12974-024-03165-w

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17 citations

Brenda L. Rooney, Frank McCarthy, Wenlong Xia, Indigo V.L. Rose, Sophie Bax +9 more

GRAMD1B is a regulator of lipid homeostasis, autophagic flux and phosphorylated tau

Nature Communications(2025)10.1038/s41467-025-58585-w

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8 citations

Emir Turkes, Tae Yeon Kim, S.T. Vo, Nicholas Sweeney, Marie-Amandine Bonte +18 more

Tau phosphorylation at Alzheimer's disease biomarker sites impairs its cleavage by lysosomal proteases

Alzheimer s & Dementia(2025)10.1002/alz.70320

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9 citations

Andrew W. Smith, Rowan Saloner, Bruce L. Miller, Kaitlin B. Casaletto, Aimee W. Kao +1 more

The lysosome and proteostatic stress at the intersection of pediatric neurological disorders and adult neurodegenerative diseases

Progress in Neurobiology(2025)10.1016/j.pneurobio.2025.102854

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2 citations

Mercedes F. Paredes, Aimee W. Kao, Courtney Lane‐Donovan

Integrative Genomic and Functional Analyses Reveal NINL as a Modulator of Tau Aggregation

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)(2025)10.64898/2025.12.12.694063

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Guangming Huang, J. Nicholas Cochran, Miguel Minaya, Patricia A. Castruita, Katherine Miller +7 more