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ArticleRSC advances2021

Conformational fingerprinting of tau variants and strains by Raman spectroscopy.

George Devitt, Anna Crisford, William Rice, Hilary A Weismiller, Zhanyun Fan, Caitlin Commins, Bradley T Hyman, Martin Margittai, Sumeet Mahajan, Amrit Mudher

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Article in RSC advances, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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10 authors.

George DevittSchool of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ UK G.T.Devitt@soton.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7179-4459
Anna CrisfordSchool of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ UK G.T.Devitt@soton.ac.uk.
William RiceSchool of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ UK.
Hilary A WeismillerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver 2190 E. Iliff Ave. Denver CO 80208 USA.
Zhanyun FanDepartment of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital Charlestown MA 02129 USA.
Caitlin ComminsDepartment of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital Charlestown MA 02129 USA.
Bradley T HymanDepartment of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital Charlestown MA 02129 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7959-9401
Martin MargittaiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver 2190 E. Iliff Ave. Denver CO 80208 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1903-5927
Sumeet MahajanSchool of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8923-6666
Amrit MudherSchool of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ UK G.T.Devitt@soton.ac.uk.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0880-1107

Funding

Research Education ComponentP30AG062421 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI STEVEN E ARNOLD · 2019 to 2026
$36.5M
Tau pathology in Down syndrome and Alzheimer'sRF1AG061566 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF DENVER (COLORADO SEMINARY) · PI GRANHOLM-BENTLEY, ANN-CHARLOTTE ESTHER, MARGITTAI, MARTIN · 2019 to 2019
$3.4M
Are multiple tau species toxic in Alzheimer's Disease?RF1AG059789 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HYMAN, BRADLEY T. · 2018 to 2018
$2.7M
Complexity and Heterogeneity of Alzheimer diseaseR56AG061196 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HYMAN, BRADLEY T. · 2019 to 2019
$654k
Liquid liquid phase separation and tau biologyR21AG063347 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI HYMAN, BRADLEY T. · 2019 to 2020
$450k
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG062421NIA NIH HHS R21 AG063347NIA NIH HHS R56 AG061196NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG059789NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG061566
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tauopathies are a group of disorders in which the deposition of abnormally folded tau protein accompanies neurodegeneration. The development of methods for detection and classification of pathological changes in protein conformation are desirable for understanding the factors that influence the structural polymorphism of aggregates in tauopathies. We have previously demonstrated the utility of Raman spectroscopy for the characterization and discrimination of different protein aggregates, including tau, based on their unique conformational signatures. Building on this, in the present study, we assess the utility of Raman spectroscopy for characterizing and distinguishing different conformers of the same protein which in the case of tau are unique tau strains generated

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