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ReviewBiomedicines2022

The Role of Tau beyond Alzheimer's Disease: A Narrative Review.

Eleonora Virgilio, Fabiola De Marchi, Elena Contaldi, Umberto Dianzani, Roberto Cantello, Letizia Mazzini, Cristoforo Comi

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Review in Biomedicines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 34 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Eleonora VirgilioMS Centre, Department of Neurology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0045-3806
Fabiola De MarchiPh.D. Program in Medical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0197-1880
Elena ContaldiPh.D. Program in Medical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Umberto DianzaniClinical Biochemistry, Department of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Roberto CantelloMS Centre, Department of Neurology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6999-5729
Letizia MazziniALS Centre, Department of Neurology, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Cristoforo ComiNeurology Unit, S. Andrea Hospital, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Piemonte Orientale, 13100 Vercelli, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6862-9468
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nowadays, there is a need for reliable fluid biomarkers to improve differential diagnosis, prognosis, and the prediction of treatment response, particularly in the management of neurogenerative diseases that display an extreme variability in clinical phenotypes. In recent years, Tau protein has been progressively recognized as a valuable neuronal biomarker in several neurological conditions, not only Alzheimer's disease (AD). Cerebrospinal fluid and serum Tau have been extensively investigated in several neurodegenerative disorders, from classically defined proteinopathy, e.g., amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and Parkinson's disease (PD), but also in inflammatory conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS), as a marker of axonal damage. In MS, total Tau (t-Tau) may represent, along with other proteins, a marker with diagnostic and prognostic value. In ALS, t-Tau and, mainly, the phosphorylated-Tau/t-Tau ratio alone or integrated with transactive DNA binding protein of ~43 kDa (TDP-43), may represent a tool for both diagnosis and differential diagnosis of other motoneuron diseases or tauopathies. Evidence indicated the crucial role of the Tau protein in the pathogenesis of PD and other parkinsonian disorders. This narrative review summarizes current knowledge regarding non-AD neurodegenerative diseases and the Tau protein.

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amyotrophic lateral sclerosisbiomarkersfrontotemporal spectrum disordermultiple sclerosisneurodegenerationParkinson’s diseaseprognosisTautauopathies

Identifiers

PMID35453510
PMCPMC9026415
OpenAlexW4220783095

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