Tau protein pathology in neurodegenerative diseases
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Abundant tau-positive neurofibrillary lesions constitute a defining neuropathological characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. Filamentous tau pathology is also central to a number of other dementing disorders, such as Pick's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration and familial frontotemporal dementia and Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17). The discovery of mutations in the tau gene in FTDP-17 has firmly established the relevance of tau pathology for the neurodegenerative process. Experimental studies have provided a system for the assembly of full-length tau into Alzheimer-like filaments, providing an assay for the testing of compounds that inhabit the formation of tau filaments.
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Several tau mutations linked to FTDP-17 have been identified.
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- Authors
- Spillantini, M. G., & Goedert, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (GB)
- Venue
- Trends in Neurosciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1998-10
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 428-433
- ISSN
- 0166-2236 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2035282018
- Cited by
- 683
- References
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- FWCI
- 8.11
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Trends in Neurosciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Keywords
- tau protein, neurofibrillary tangles, Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, FTDP-17, tau gene mutations, tau aggregation inhibitors, neurodegenerative diseases
- MeSH terms
- Alzheimer Disease, Brain, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17, Dementia, Female, Humans, Male, Neurofibrils, Protein Biosynthesis, Neurofibrillary Tangles, tau Proteins, Point Mutation, Neurodegenerative Diseases
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