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Aimee W. Kao

University of California, San Francisco · US
Area of research
Physiology · Neurology
Research interest
Research interests include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, and Cellular transport and secretion.
h-index
33
citations
3,805
works
80
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

GRAMD1B is a regulator of lipid homeostasis, autophagic flux and phosphorylated tau
Nature Communications 2025cited by 7position: middledoi
Second international symposium on the chaperone code, 2023
Cell Stress and Chaperones 2024cited by 4position: middledoi
Mutations in α-synuclein, TDP-43 and tau prolong protein half-life through diminished degradation by lysosomal proteases
Molecular Neurodegeneration 2023cited by 37position: lastdoi
Tau Post-translational Modifications: Dynamic Transformers of Tau Function, Degradation, and Aggregation
Frontiers in Neurology 2021cited by 345position: lastdoi
Genetically Encoded, pH-Sensitive mTFP1 Biosensor for Probing Lysosomal pH
ACS Sensors 2021cited by 90position: lastdoi
Processing of progranulin into granulins involves multiple lysosomal proteases and is affected in frontotemporal lobar degeneration
Molecular Neurodegeneration 2021cited by 53position: lastdoi
TSC1 loss increases risk for tauopathy by inducing tau acetylation and preventing tau clearance via chaperone-mediated autophagy
Science Advances 2021cited by 50position: lastdoi
A Comprehensive Resource for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Patients with Primary Tauopathies
Stem Cell Reports 2019cited by 124position: middledoi
Progranulin Stimulates the In Vitro Maturation of Pro-Cathepsin D at Acidic pH
Journal of Molecular Biology 2019cited by 89position: lastdoi
Age- and stress-associated C. elegans granulins impair lysosomal function and induce a compensatory HLH-30/TFEB transcriptional response
PLoS Genetics 2019cited by 44position: lastdoi
Clinicopathological correlations in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia
Brain 2017cited by 316position: middledoi
Progranulin, lysosomal regulation and neurodegenerative disease
Nature reviews. Neuroscience 2017cited by 270position: firstdoi
MCP‐1 and eotaxin‐1 selectively and negatively associate with memory in MCI and Alzheimer's disease dementia phenotypes
Alzheimer s & Dementia Diagnosis Assessment & Disease Monitoring 2016cited by 92position: middledoi
The Progranulin Cleavage Products, Granulins, Exacerbate TDP-43 Toxicity and Increase TDP-43 Levels
Journal of Neuroscience 2015cited by 75position: lastdoi
Whole-genome sequencing suggests a chemokine gene cluster that modifies age at onset in familial Alzheimer's disease
Molecular Psychiatry 2015cited by 74position: middledoi
Frontotemporal degeneration, the next therapeutic frontier: Molecules and animal models for frontotemporal degeneration drug development
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2012cited by 76position: middledoi
The advantages of frontotemporal degeneration drug development (part 2 of frontotemporal degeneration: The next therapeutic frontier)
Alzheimer s & Dementia 2012cited by 55position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Andrea R. Argouarch · University of California, San Francisco5 papers (2015–2025)Bruce L. Miller · University at Buffalo, State University of New York4 papers (2015–2021)Matthew P. Jacobson · Sunesis (United States)4 papers (2019–2023)Victoria Butler · University of Guelph3 papers (2015–2019)Alma L. Burlingame · University of California, San Francisco2 papers (2021–2021)Kenneth S. Kosik · University of Houston2 papers (2015–2016)Ryan Fitch · University of California, San Francisco2 papers (2015–2016)Brianne M. Bettcher · University of Colorado System2 papers (2015–2016)Eric J. Huang · University of California, San Francisco2 papers (2017–2021)Shruti Arya · University Memory and Aging Center2 papers (2021–2023)Giovanni Coppola · Regeneron (United States)2 papers (2015–2019)Ana María Cuervo · Montefiore Medical Center2 papers (2019–2021)Wilian A. Cortopassi · Novartis (United States)2 papers (2019–2019)William W. Seeley · Hammersmith Hospital2 papers (2015–2021)Kathy H. Li · University of California, San Francisco2 papers (2021–2021)Amanda R. Mason · University of California, San Francisco2 papers (2015–2021)Charles S. Craik · University of California System2 papers (2019–2023)Carolina Alquézar · Hospital Universitario 12 De Octubre2 papers (2021–2021)Paul J. Sampognaro · University of California, San Francisco2 papers (2021–2023)Mackenzie Welch · Biogen (United States)2 papers (2021–2021)