"tau Proteins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.220.600.450.510 D12.776.631.560.510
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| Concept/Terms |
tau Proteins- tau Proteins
- Proteins, tau
- tau Protein
- Protein, tau
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "tau Proteins" by people in Profiles.
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Considerations in Alzheimer's Disease in Women. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2026 07 23; 26(1).
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Relationships of CSF biomarkers to cortical atrophy in early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Jul; 22(7):e71479.
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Blood-based AT(N) biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration in Latin America. Nat Aging. 2026 Feb; 6(2):430-444.
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Tau Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Uniquely Affects Sulcal Depths. Ann Neurol. 2026 May; 99(5):1343-1353.
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Effect of obicetrapib, a potent cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor, on p-tau217 levels in patients with cardiovascular disease. J Prev Alzheimers Dis. 2026 Jan; 13(1):100394.
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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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A preliminary study on plasma markers across cognitive stages and links to a history of mild traumatic brain injury. J Alzheimers Dis. 2025 05; 105(1):49-55.
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Locus coeruleus tau validates and informs high-resolution MRI in aging and at earliest Alzheimer's pathology stages. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2025 02 28; 13(1):44.
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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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Clinical Manifestations. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 Dec; 20 Suppl 3:e091387.