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Tau is not normally degraded by the proteasome.
Journal of neuroscience research - 1 May 2005
Feuillette Sébastien, Blard Olivier, Lecourtois Magalie, Frébourg Thierry, Campion Dominique, Dumanchin Cécile
Abstract excerpt
Tau-positive inclusions in neurons are consistent neuropathologic features of the most common causes of dementias such Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia. Ubiquitinated tau-positive inclusions have been reported in brains of Alzheimer's disease patients, but involvement of the ubiquitin-dependent proteasomal system in tau degradation remains controversial. Before considering the tau degradation in...
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