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Tau inhibits mitochondrial calcium efflux and makes neurons vulnerable to calcium-induced cell death.
Cell calcium - 1 Mar 2020
Britti Elena, Ros Joaquim, Esteras Noemi, Abramov Andrey Y
Abstract excerpt
Aggregation or phosphorylation of the microtubule-associated protein tau is the pathological hallmark in a number of diseases termed tauopathies, which include the most common neurodegenerative disorder, Alzheimer's disease; or frontotemporal dementia, linked to mutations in the gene MAPT encoding tau. Although misfolded tau has strong familial and histopathological (as in intracellular tangles) association with...
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