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SUBMITTER: Zhang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6176019 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Zhang Xue X Gao Fei F Wang Dongdong D Li Chao C Fu Yi Y He Wei W Zhang Jianmin J
Frontiers in neurology 20181002
Tau protein-a member of the microtubule-associated protein family-is a key protein involved in many neurodegenerative diseases. Tau pathology in neurodegenerative diseases is characterized by pathological tau aggregation in neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). Diseases with this typical pathological feature are called tauopathies. Parkinson's disease (PD) was not initially considered to be a typical tauopathy. However, recent studies have demonstrated increasing evidence of tau pathology in PD. A gen ...[more]