ArticleCytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.)2024
Tau here, tau there, tau almost everywhere: Clarifying the distribution of tau in the adult CNS.
Article in Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dendritic translation and neuroproteasome-mediated degradation of endogenous tau revealed by STARFISH.Nature neuroscience · 2026Article
- Tau Ablation Rewires Brain Cell Programs in Health and Restores Function in Disease.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Cell Cycle Dysfunction and Metabolic Alterations Consistent With Pathological Tau in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Derived Fibroblasts.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Article
- Drosophila wing is a high-throughput and versatile screening tool for Tau-mediated disease mechanisms and drug discovery.Disease models & mechanisms · 2026Article
- BioID2-Based Tau Interactome Reveals Novel and Known Protein Interactions Associated with Multiple Cellular Pathways.Journal of proteome research · 2025Article
- Tauopathies: Calmodulin Regulates Tau Hyperphosphorylation and Its Transformation into Disease-Specific Aggregates.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- An integrated view of the relationships between amyloid, tau, and inflammatory pathophysiology in Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Review
- Looking into Abnormal Co-Expressions of Tau and TDP-43 in the Realm of Mixed Dementia Types: A Double-Punch Scenario.Brain sciences · 2025Review
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Abstract
The microtubule-associated protein tau has gained significant attention over the last several decades primarily due to its apparent role in the pathogenesis of several diseases, most notably Alzheimer's disease. While the field has focused largely on tau's potential contributions to disease mechanisms, comparably less work has focused on normal tau physiology. Moreover, as the field has grown, some misconceptions and dogmas regarding normal tau physiology have become engrained in the traditional narrative. Here, one of the most common misconceptions regarding tau, namely its normal cellular/subcellular distribution in the CNS, is discussed. The literature describing the presence of tau in neuronal somata, dendrites, axons and synapses, as well as in glial cells is described. The origins for the erroneous description of tau as an "axon-specific," "axon-enriched" and/or "neuron-specific" protein are discussed as well. The goal of this work is to help address these specific dogmatic misconceptions and provide a concise description of tau's normal cellular/subcellular localization in the adult CNS. This information can help refine our collective understanding of- and hypotheses about tau biology and pathobiology.
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