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ReviewActa neuropathologica communications2017

Atypical, non-standard functions of the microtubule associated Tau protein.

Ioannis Sotiropoulos, Marie-Christine Galas, Joana M Silva, Efthimios Skoulakis, Susanne Wegmann, Mahmoud Bukar Maina, David Blum, Carmen Laura Sayas, Eva-Maria Mandelkow, Eckhard Mandelkow and 6 more

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Review in Acta neuropathologica communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 113 papers.

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113citing papers in PubMed
12.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

113 citing papers in PubMed, 204 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 10 institutions in 7 countries.

Ioannis SotiropoulosLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Medical School, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal. ioannis@med.uminho.pt.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0115-0038
Marie-Christine GalasUniv. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR-S 1172 - JPArc, 59000, Lille, France. marie-christine.galas@inserm.fr.
Joana M SilvaLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Medical School, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Efthimios SkoulakisDivision of Neuroscience, Biomedical Sciences Research Centre "Alexander Fleming", 16672, Vari, Greece.
Susanne WegmannAlzheimer's Disease Research Laboratory, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, 02129, USA.
Mahmoud Bukar MainaSchool of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 9QG, UK.
David BlumUniv. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR-S 1172 - JPArc, 59000, Lille, France.
Carmen Laura SayasCentre for Biomedical Research of the Canary Islands (CIBICAN), Institute for Biomedical Technologies (ITB), Universidad de La Laguna (ULL), Tenerife, Spain.
Eva-Maria MandelkowDZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany; CAESAR Research Institute, Bonn, Germany; Max-Planck-Institute for Metabolism Research, Köln, Germany.
Eckhard MandelkowDZNE, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany; CAESAR Research Institute, Bonn, Germany; Max-Planck-Institute for Metabolism Research, Köln, Germany.
Maria Grazia SpillantiniDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Clifford Allbutt Building, Cambridge, AH, UK.
Nuno SousaLife and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), Medical School, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
Jesus AvilaCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED), Valderrebollo 5, 28041, Madrid, Spain.
Miguel MedinaCIBERNED, Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Madrid, Spain.
Amrit MudherFaculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, University of Southampton Highfield Campus, Center for Biological Sciences, Southampton, UK.
Luc BueeUniv. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR-S 1172 - JPArc, 59000, Lille, France.
Inserm · FRUniversity of Minho · PTBiomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases · ESCenter of Advanced European Studies and Research · DEAlexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center · GRClifford Chance · GBHarvard University · USUniversidad de La Laguna · ESUniversity of Southampton · GBUniversity of Sussex · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the discovery of the microtubule-associated protein Tau (MAPT) over 40 years ago, most studies have focused on Tau's role in microtubule stability and regulation, as well as on the neuropathological consequences of Tau hyperphosphorylation and aggregation in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brains. In recent years, however, research efforts identified new interaction partners and different sub-cellular localizations for Tau suggesting additional roles beyond its standard function as microtubule regulating protein. Moreover, despite the increasing research focus on AD over the last decades, Tau was only recently considered as a promising therapeutic target for the treatment and prevention of AD as well as for neurological pathologies beyond AD e.g. epilepsy, excitotoxicity, and environmental stress. This review will focus on atypical, non-standard roles of Tau on neuronal function and dysfunction in AD and other neurological pathologies providing novel insights about neuroplastic and neuropathological implications of Tau in both the central and the peripheral nervous system.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAnimalsHumanstau Proteinstau ProteinsAlzheimer’s diseaseDendritesNeuronal functionNucleusPathologySubcellular localizationSynapseTauTau isoform

Identifiers

PMID29187252
PMCPMC5707803
OpenAlexW2769181472

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