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ReviewJournal of cellular physiology2012

Tau splicing and the intricacies of dementia.

Athena Andreadis

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Review in Journal of cellular physiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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45citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. Alternative Splicing in Human Biology and Disease.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2022
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  20. New Insights Into Drug Discovery Targeting Tau Protein.Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Athena AndreadisDepartment of Cell Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01655, USA. athena.andreadis@umassmed.edu

Funding

TAU IN FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA--REGULATION OF EXON 10R01AG018486 · NIA · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ANDREADIS, ATHENA · 2000 to 2004
$1.4M
TAU DETACHED FROM MICROTUBULES--THE PROJECTION DOMAINR01NS038051 · NINDS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ANDREADIS, ATHENA · 1999 to 2003
$865k
Tau missplicing caused by RNA processing proteins located on chromosome 21R21HD056195 · NICHD · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ANDREADIS, ATHENA · 2007 to 2008
$379k
Function of saitohin, a novel protein that confers susceptibility to dementiaR21AG028534 · NIA · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ANDREADIS, ATHENA · 2007 to 2008
$336k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG018486NIA NIH HHS R21 AG028534NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD056195NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS038051
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tau is a microtubule-associated protein that fulfills several functions critical for neuronal formation and health. Tau discharges its functions by producing multiple isoforms via regulated alternative splicing. These isoforms modulate tau function in normal brain by altering the domains of the protein, thereby influencing its localization, conformation, and post-translational modifications and hence its availability and affinity for microtubules and other ligands. Disturbances in tau expression result in disruption of the neuronal cytoskeleton and formation of tau structures (neurofibrillary tangles) found in brains of dementia sufferers. More specifically, aberrations in tau splicing regulation directly cause several neurodegenerative diseases, which lead to dementia. In this review, I present our cumulative knowledge of tau splicing regulation in connection with neurodegeneration and also briefly go over the still-extensive list of questions that are connected to tau (dys)function.

Indexed as

Alternative SplicingBase SequenceDementiaHumansMolecular Sequence DataNerve DegenerationTauopathiestau ProteinsMAPT protein, humantau Proteins

Identifiers

PMID21604267
PMCPMC3177961

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