Pathogenesis of the tauopathies.

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Microtubule-associated protein tau is the most commonly misfolded protein in human neurodegenerative diseases, where it becomes hyperphosphorylated and filamentous. Mutations in MAPT, the tau gene, cause approximately 5% of cases of frontotemporal dementia. They are frequently accompanied by parkinsonism. The existence of MAPT mutations has established that dysfunction of tau protein is sufficient to cause...

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