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ReviewTrends in cell biology2015

Connecting the dots between tau dysfunction and neurodegeneration.

Bess Frost, Jürgen Götz, Mel B Feany

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Review in Trends in cell biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
69citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

69 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 118 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Bess FrostDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Jürgen GötzClem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
Mel B FeanyDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: mel_feany@hms.harvard.edu.
Harvard University · USPark Centre for Mental Health · AU

Funding

Genome-wide analysis of tau neurotoxicityR01AG044113 · NIA · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI FEANY, MEL B · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
Biochemical and in vivo determinants of tau neurotoxicityR01NS083391 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI FEANY, MEL B, GAMBLIN, TRUMAN C · 2012 to 2015
$1.9M
Mechanisms Underlying Neuronal Cell Type Specificity in NeurodegenerationR01AG033518 · NIA · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI FEANY, MEL B · 2008 to 2011
$1.1M
Pharmacological modulation of tau neurotoxicity in vivoR21AG040796 · NIA · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI FEANY, MEL B · 2011 to 2012
$417k
Aging in Drosophila models of human neurodegenerationR21AG028074 · NIA · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI FEANY, MEL B · 2006 to 2007
$366k
Mechanisms and Consequences of Heterochromatin Loss in TauopathiesK99NS088429 · NINDS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI FROST, BESS · 2014 to 2015
$186k
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG033518NIA NIH HHS R01 AG044113NIA NIH HHS R01AG044113NIA NIH HHS R21 AG028074NIA NIH HHS R21 AG040796NIA NIH HHS R21AG040796NINDS NIH HHS K99NS088429NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS083391NINDS NIH HHS R01NS083391
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tauopathies are devastating and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative diseases, which are histopathologically defined by insoluble filamentous deposits of abnormally phosphorylated tau protein within neurons and glia. Identifying the causes of abnormal tau phosphorylation and subsequent aggregation has been the focus of much research, and is currently a major target for the development of therapeutic interventions for tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Much has recently been learned about the sequence of events that lead from tau dysfunction to neuronal death. This review focuses on the cascade of events that are catalyzed by pathological tau, and highlights current and potential therapeutic strategies to target this pathway.

Indexed as

AnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansNerve DegenerationNeurogliaNeuronsSignal TransductionTauopathiestau Proteinstau ProteinsactinAlzheimercell cyclechromatintauopathytherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID25172552
PMCPMC4275400
OpenAlexW2004371219

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