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Tauopathies: new perspectives and challenges

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Zhang, Yi, Wu, Kai-Min, Yang, Liu, Dong, Qiang, Yu, Jin-Tai·2022·Molecular Neurodegeneration

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Background: Tauopathies are a class of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by neuronal and/or glial tau-positive inclusions. Main body: Clinically, tauopathies can present with a range of phenotypes that include cognitive/behavioral-disorders, movement disorders, language disorders and non-specific amnestic symptoms in advanced age. Pathologically, tauopathies can be classified based on the predominant tau isoforms that are present in the inclusion bodies (i.e., 3R, 4R or equal 3R:4R ratio). Imaging, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and blood-based tau biomarkers have the potential to be used as a routine diagnostic strategy and in the evaluation of patients with tauopathies. As tauopathies are strongly linked neuropathologically and genetically to tau protein abnormalities, there is a growing interest in pursuing of tau-directed therapeutics for the disorders. Here we synthesize emerging lessons on tauopathies from clinical, pathological, genetic, and experimental studies toward a unified concept of these disorders that may accelerate the therapeutics. Conclusions: Since tauopathies are still untreatable diseases, efforts have been made to depict clinical and pathological characteristics, identify biomarkers, elucidate underlying pathogenesis to achieve early diagnosis and develop disease-modifying therapies.

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  • Both 3R- and 4R-tau isoforms were detected with no noticeable difference in the 3R to 4R ratio between LOAD and HC 3D-CNs.

    “Both 3R- and 4R-tau isoforms were detected with no noticeable difference in the 3R to 4R ratio between LOAD and HC 3D-CNs, consistent with the concept that AD is a mixed 3R/4R tauopathy (65, 66) (Fig. 3D).”

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Authors
Zhang, Y., Wu, K.-M., Yang, L., Dong, Q., & Yu, J.-T.
Affiliations
Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University (CN)
Corresponding author
Yu, Jin-Tai
Venue
Molecular Neurodegeneration
Published
2022-04-07
Volume
17
Issue
1
Pages
28-28
ISSN
1750-1326 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4223629343
Cited by
323
References
228
Citations by year
2026: 69 · 2025: 83 · 2024: 97 · 2023: 60 · 2022: 14
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8.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Molecular Neurodegeneration (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (91849126)
  • Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project (No.2018SHZDZX01)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
Keywords
tauopathy, tau protein, neurodegenerative diseases, tau isoforms, tau biomarkers, cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, blood-based biomarkers, neuroimaging, disease-modifying therapy, early diagnosis
MeSH terms
Inclusion Bodies, Humans, Neurons, tau Proteins, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Protein Isoforms, Tauopathies

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