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ReviewActa neuropathologica communications2019

The elusive tau molecular structures: can we translate the recent breakthroughs into new targets for intervention?

Yann Fichou, Youssra K Al-Hilaly, François Devred, Caroline Smet-Nocca, Philipp O Tsvetkov, Joke Verelst, Joris Winderickx, Nick Geukens, Eugeen Vanmechelen, Audrey Perrotin and 5 more

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Review in Acta neuropathologica communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. Conformational signatures induced by ubiquitin modification in the amyloid-forming tau repeat domain.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  10. An Additive-Free Model for Tau Self-Assembly.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2023
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  14. Synaptic tau: A pathological or physiological phenomenon?Acta neuropathologica communications · 2021
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  20. Zinc Binds to RRM2 Peptide of TDP-43.International journal of molecular sciences · 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

15 authors.

Yann FichouDepartment of chemistry and biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.
Youssra K Al-HilalyDementia Research group, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, E Sussex, BN1 9QG, UK.
François DevredAix-Marseille University, CNRS, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, Fac Pharm, Marseille, France.
Caroline Smet-NoccaUniversity of Lille, CNRS, UMR8576, 59000, Lille, France.
Philipp O TsvetkovAix-Marseille University, CNRS, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, Fac Pharm, Marseille, France.
Joke VerelstFunctional Biology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, Box 2433, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium.
Joris WinderickxFunctional Biology, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 31, Box 2433, 3001, Heverlee, Belgium.
Nick GeukensPharmabs, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, box 820, B 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Eugeen VanmechelenADx NeuroSciences NV, Technologiepark Zwijnaarde 94, 9052, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9466-5366
Audrey PerrotinLife Molecular Imaging, Berlin, Germany.
Louise SerpellDementia Research group, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, E Sussex, BN1 9QG, UK.
Bernard J HanseeuwNeurology Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, 10 Avenue Hippocrate, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
Miguel MedinaCIBERNED (Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases), Madrid, Spain.
Luc BuéeUniversity of Lille, Inserm, CHU-Lille, UMRS1172, 59000, Lille, France. luc.buee@inserm.fr.ORCID 0000-0002-6261-4230
Isabelle LandrieuUniversity of Lille, CNRS, UMR8576, 59000, Lille, France. lsabelle.landrieu@univ-lille.fr.

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche LabEx DISTALZAgence Nationale de la Recherche TONIC
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insights into tau molecular structures have advanced significantly in recent years. This field has been the subject of recent breakthroughs, including the first cryo-electron microscopy structures of tau filaments from Alzheimer's and Pick's disease inclusions, as well as the structure of the repeat regions of tau bound to microtubules. Tau structure covers various species as the tau protein itself takes many forms. We will here address a range of studies that help to define the many facets of tau protein structures and how they translate into pathogenic forms. New results shed light on previous data that need now to be revisited in order to up-date our knowledge of tau molecular structure. Finally, we explore how these data can contribute the important medical aspects of this research - diagnosis and therapeutics.

Indexed as

AnimalsBrainHumansProtein AggregatesTauopathiestau ProteinsTranslational Research, BiomedicalProtein Aggregatestau ProteinsAlzheimer’s disease diagnosisAlzheimer’s disease; tau structure; tau aggregationAmyloidTauopathies

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PMID30823892
PMCPMC6397507

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