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Carboxy terminus heat shock protein 70 interacting protein reduces tau-associated degenerative changes.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2015
Saidi Laiq-Jan, Polydoro Manuela, Kay Kevin R, Sanchez Laura, Mandelkow Eva-Maria, Hyman Bradley T, Spires-Jones Tara L
Abstract excerpt
One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease is the formation of neurofibrillary tangles, intracellular aggregates of hyperphosphorylated, mislocalized tau protein, which are associated with neuronal loss. Changes in tau are known to impair cellular transport (including that of mitochondria) and are associated with cell death in cell culture and mouse models of tauopathy. Thus clearing pathological forms of tau...
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