Las características moleculares de la tau patológica humana distinguen las demencias asociadas a la tauopatía

Mukesh Kumar1, Christoph N Schlaffner2, Shaojun Tang3

  • 1F.M. Kirby Neurobiology Center, Department of Neurobiology, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Cell
|January 30, 2026
PubMed
Resumen

Este estudio revela distintas firmas moleculares de la proteína tau patológica en varias enfermedades neurodegenerativas, ayudando en la estratificación de la enfermedad e identificando posibles objetivos terapéuticos para las tauopatías.

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