tau Proteins

"tau Proteins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Microtubule-associated proteins that are mainly expressed in neurons. Tau proteins constitute several isoforms and play an important role in the assembly of tubulin monomers into microtubules and in maintaining the cytoskeleton and axonal transport. Aggregation of specific sets of tau proteins in filamentous inclusions is the common feature of intraneuronal and glial fibrillar lesions (NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEUROPIL THREADS) in numerous neurodegenerative disorders (ALZHEIMER DISEASE; TAUOPATHIES).

Descriptor ID	D016875
MeSH Number(s)	D12.776.220.600.450.510 D12.776.631.560.510
Concept/Terms	tau Proteins tau Proteins Proteins, tau tau Protein Protein, tau

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Proteins [D12.776]
Cytoskeletal Proteins [D12.776.220]
Microtubule Proteins [D12.776.220.600]
Microtubule-Associated Proteins [D12.776.220.600.450]
tau Proteins [D12.776.220.600.450.510]
Nerve Tissue Proteins [D12.776.631]
Microtubule-Associated Proteins [D12.776.631.560]
tau Proteins [D12.776.631.560.510]

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Bar chart showing 165 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	0	1	1
1998	1	2	3
1999	0	1	1
2000	4	2	6
2001	0	1	1
2002	4	1	5
2003	3	2	5
2004	3	3	6
2005	4	3	7
2006	3	6	9
2007	2	3	5
2008	5	3	8
2009	4	2	6
2010	3	4	7
2011	2	2	4
2012	2	1	3
2013	4	1	5
2014	1	1	2
2015	2	4	6
2016	6	3	9
2017	5	0	5
2018	5	3	8
2019	3	2	5
2020	5	5	10
2021	4	3	7
2022	1	0	1
2023	3	5	8
2024	10	1	11
2025	3	3	6
2026	3	1	4

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Nakayama Y, Chambers JK, Uchida K. Phosphorylated tau aggregation in the brains of aged Artiodactyla animals. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2026 Apr 01; 85(4):363-371.

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Zhao P, El Fadel O, Le A, Mangleburg CG, Dhindsa J, Wu T, Zhao J, Huang M, Amoh B, Marella AS, Li Y, Seyfried NT, Levey AI, Liu Z, Al-Ramahi I, Botas J, Shulman JM. Systems genetic dissection of brain gene expression reveals excitotoxic mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease. Mol Psychiatry. 2026 Jun; 31(6):3462-3481.

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Dorfsman DA, Cai D, Hamilton-Nelson KL, Adams LD, Mena PR, Rodriguez VC, Sanchez JJ, Valladares GS, Lopez M, Whitehead PL, Prough MB, Manrique P, Martinez A, Mas SM, Scaramutti C, Acosta H, Silva-Vergara C, McInerney K, Griswold AJ, Feliciano-Astacio BE, Cuccaro ML, Kunkle BW, Reitz C, Tosto G, Bush WS, Haines JL, Akinyemi JO, Akinyemi RO, Ogunniyi A, Byrd GS, Vance JM, Celis K, Seixas A, Pericak-Vance MA, Rajabli F. Educational attainment is associated with reduced functional decline in Puerto Ricans with elevated pTau181. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Mar; 110(2):685-695.

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Garc?a-Carlos CA, Salas-Gallardo A, Gonz?lez-Pereyra P, Basurto-Islas G, Perry G, Mondrag?n-Rodr?guez S. Amyloid-? and phosphorylated-tau accumulation in retrosplenial cortex of young Alzheimer's disease model: Impact on network activity. J Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Mar; 110(2):576-587.

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Garc?a-Carlos CA, Basurto-Islas G, Perry G, Campos-Ram?rez C, Mondrag?n-Rodr?guez S. Hyperphosphorylated Tau Induces Cortical Hypoexcitability in Transgenic Mouse Models: A Meta-Analysis. J Integr Neurosci. 2025 Aug 28; 24(8):39192.

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Avila J, Hern?ndez F, Perry G. Amyloid and tau pathologies cross-talk to promote Alzheimers disease: novel mechanistic insights. Neuroscience. 2025 Aug 30; 582:58-62.

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Bogadi S, Bhaskaran M, Ravichandran V, Nesamony J, Chelliah S, Kuppusamy G, Prakash GM, Karri VVSR, Mallick S, Farahim F, Ali T, Babu DR, Subramaniyan V. Functionalized Nanoparticles: A Promising Approach for Effective Management of Alzheimer's Disease. Mol Neurobiol. 2025 Aug; 62(8):10915-10934.

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Stephens MC, Li J, Mair M, Moore J, Zhu K, Tarkunde A, Amoh B, Perez AM, Bhakare A, Guo F, Shulman JM, Al-Ramahi I, Botas J. Computational and functional prioritization identifies genes that rescue behavior and reduce tau protein in fly and human cell models of Alzheimer disease. Am J Hum Genet. 2025 May 01; 112(5):1081-1096.

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Liang J, Hussainy S, Lee SM, Wu G, Bautista N, Ding M, Wang H, LaFleur B, Perry G, Wang X. Association of Polygenic Risk Score for 5 Diseases With Alzheimer Disease Progression, Biomarkers, and Amyloid Deposition. Neurology. 2025 Feb 25; 104(4):e210250.

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Khan KA, Esa M, Kamal Z, Ullah B, Perry G, Kamal S, Ahmad S, Hussain H, Ullah A, Shafique M. Conventional and Emerging Drug Targeting Sites in Alzheimer's Disease and the Role of Translational Informatics in its Diagnosis and Management. Curr Neuropharmacol. 2025; 23(14):1894-1917.

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