"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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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2020 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2022 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2023 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "tau Proteins" by people in Profiles.
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APOE4, Blood Neurodegenerative Biomarkers, and Cognitive Decline in Community-Dwelling Older Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 May 01; 8(5):e258903.
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Cardiovascular Health and Biomarkers of Neurodegenerative Disease in Older Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Mar 03; 8(3):e250527.
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Association of subjective memory complaints with serum biomarkers of neurodegeneration and cognition: A population-based study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2025 Mar; 73(3):859-866.
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Age-related and amyloid-beta-independent tau deposition and its downstream effects. Brain. 2023 08 01; 146(8):3192-3205.
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When Alzheimer's is LATE: Why Does it Matter? Ann Neurol. 2023 08; 94(2):211-222.
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Unconventional Source of Neurotoxic Protein Aggregation from Organelle Off-Target Bax?2 in Alzheimer's Disease. Biomolecules. 2023 06 10; 13(6).
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Cognitive Activity Is Associated with Cognitive Function over Time in a Diverse Group of Older Adults, Independent of Baseline Biomarkers. Neuroepidemiology. 2023; 57(4):229-237.
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Sex Differences in Alzheimer's Disease. Neurol Clin. 2023 05; 41(2):343-358.
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Plasma p-tau181 and p-tau217 in discriminating PART, AD and other key neuropathologies in older adults. Acta Neuropathol. 2023 07; 146(1):1-11.
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Estrogen Receptor Genes, Cognitive Decline, and Alzheimer Disease. Neurology. 2023 04 04; 100(14):e1474-e1487.