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ReviewJournal of ophthalmic & vision research

Pathogenic Tau Protein Species: Promising Therapeutic Targets for Ocular Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Mohammad Amir Mishan, Mozhgan Rezaei Kanavi, Koorosh Shahpasand, Hamid Ahmadieh

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Review in Journal of ophthalmic & vision research. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Expression Profiling ofIranian journal of public health · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mohammad Amir MishanOcular Tissue Engineering Research Center, Student Research Committee, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8210-9322
Mozhgan Rezaei KanaviOcular Tissue Engineering Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1497-2260
Koorosh ShahpasandDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran.
Hamid AhmadiehOphthalmic Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tau is a microtubule-associated protein, which is highly expressed in the central nervous system as well as ocular neurons and stabilizes microtubule structure. It is a phospho-protein being moderately phosphorylated under physiological conditions but its abnormal hyperphosphorylation or some post-phosphorylation modifications would result in a pathogenic condition, microtubule dissociation, and aggregation. The aggregates can induce neuroinflammation and trigger some pathogenic cascades, leading to neurodegeneration. Taking these together, targeting pathogenic tau employing tau immunotherapy may be a promising therapeutic strategy in fighting with cerebral and ocular neurodegenerative disorders.

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Microtubule-associated ProteinNeurodegenerative DisordersOcular NeuronsTau

Identifiers

PMID31875105
PMCPMC6825701

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