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ArticleiScience2026

Structural evidence that RNA contributes to polymorphism of tau amyloid fibrils.

Romany Abskharon, Yi Xiao Jiang, Michael R Sawaya, Peng Ge, Jeffrey Zhang, David R Boyer, Joshua L Dolinsky, Justin Pi, Duilio Cascio, Feng Guo and 1 more

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Article in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Romany AbskharonDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Yi Xiao JiangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Michael R SawayaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Peng GeDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Jeffrey ZhangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
David R BoyerDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Joshua L DolinskyDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Justin PiDepartment of Biological Chemistry, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Duilio CascioDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
Feng GuoDepartment of Biological Chemistry, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
David S EisenbergDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCLA-DOE Institute, Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

Funding

Developing three-dimensional antisense oligonucleotide drugs against COVID-19R01AI163216 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GUO, FENG · 2021 to 2025
$2.3M
Structure-based antisense therapeutics targeting dystrophin exons 44 and 45 for Duchenne Muscular DystrophyR21HD115071 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI GUO, FENG, MICELI, M CARRIE · 2024 to 2025
$433k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI163216NICHD NIH HHS R21 HD115071
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA colocalizes with tau deposits in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and drives tau aggregation

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biochemistryexperimental systems for structural biologystructural biology

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PMID42006351
PMCPMC13091454

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