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ReviewACS pharmacology & translational science2025

Targeting Tau Protein with Proximity Inducing Modulators: A New Frontier to Combat Tauopathies.

Elisa Uliassi, Maria Laura Bolognesi, Andrea Milelli

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Review in ACS pharmacology & translational science, 2025. 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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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Elisa UliassiDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, Bologna 40126, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0990-2532
Maria Laura BolognesiDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Via Belmeloro 6, Bologna 40126, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1289-5361
Andrea MilelliDepartment for Life Quality Studies, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Corso d'Augusto 237, Rimini 47921, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2285-7403

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dysregulation of correct protein tau homeostasis represents the seed for the development of several devastating central nervous system disorders, known as tauopathies, that affect millions of people worldwide. Despite massive public and private support to research funding, these diseases still represent unmet medical needs. In fact, the tau-targeting tools developed to date have failed to translate into the clinic. Recently, taking advantage of the modes that nature uses to mediate the flow of information in cells, researchers have developed a new class of molecules, called proximity-inducing modulators, which exploit spatial proximity to modulate protein function(s) and redirect cellular processes. In this perspective, after a brief discussion about tau protein and the classic tau-targeting approaches, we will discuss the different classes of proximity-inducing modulators developed so far and highlight the applications to modulate tau protein's function and tau-induced toxicity.

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PMID40109749
PMCPMC11915046

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