“Don’t Phos Over Tau”: recent developments in clinical biomarkers and therapies targeting tau phosphorylation in Alzheimer’s disease and other tauopathies

Abstract Phosphorylation is one of the most prevalent post-translational modifications found in aggregated tau isolated from Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patient brains. In tauopathies like AD, increased phosphorylation or hyperphosphorylation can contribute to microtubule dysfunction and is associated...

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Main Authors: Yuxing Xia, Stefan Prokop, Benoit I. Giasson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Molecular Neurodegeneration
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13024-021-00460-5