Mitochondrial bioenergetics stimulates autophagy for pathological MAPT/Tau clearance in tauopathy neurons

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Hyperphosphorylation and aggregation of MAPT (microtubule-associated protein tau) is a pathogenic hallmark of tauopathies and a defining feature of Alzheimer disease (AD). Pathological MAPT/tau is targeted by macroautophagy/autophagy for clearance after being sequestered within autophagosomes, but autophagy dysfunction is indicated in tauopathy. While mitochondrial bioenergetic deficits have been shown to precede...

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