Virginia M.-Y. Lee, Ph.D., M.B.A.
The John H. Ware III Professor in Alzheimer's Research, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Director, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Lee is a world renowned leader in research on tau, alpha-synuclein and the beta-amyloid precursor protein and their pathobiological roles in such neurodegenerative diseases as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and frontotemporal dementias. In particular, Dr. Lee is attempting to determine the pathogenic roles of the abnormal proteins comprising senile plaques, Lewy bodies and neurofibrillary tangles, major pathological lesions found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases.
Funded Research
Project Description Researchers Funding Passive Tau Immunology Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) are biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease and are the products of a breakdown in part of the structure of cells (Tau), leading to neural cell death. The goal of this project is to establish the first cellular system that develops authentic NFT-like Tau aggregates to provide mechanistic insights into NFT pathogenesis and a potential tool for identifying Tau- based therapeutics.
Virginia M.-Y. Lee, Ph.D., M.B.A. 2010 - 2011
$100,000
Selected Publications
These published papers resulted from Cure Alzheimer’s Fund support.
, "Seeding of Normal Tau by Pathological Tau Conformers Drives Pathogenesis of Alzheimer-like Tangles" , The Journal of Biological Chemistry , 286/17 , March 3, 2011 , 15317-15331, "Multimodal predictors for Alzheimer disease in nonfluent primary progressive aphasia" , Neurology , 75(7) , Aug 17, 2010 , 595-602, "Accelerated Aβ Deposition in APPswe/PS1∆E9 Mice with Hemizygous Deletions of TTR (Transthyretin)" , J Neurosci , (26) , 2007 , 7006-7010
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