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tau protein en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A protein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules, and when misfolded is associated with forms of dementia such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
   • [Bennet] Omalu’s experimental breakthrough – along with UCLA researchers – uses positron-emission tomography (PET scan) and a radioactive “tracer” called FDDNP to bind to tau proteins in the brain. 2017 November 22, “Courier editorial: CTE research has ramifications”, in Nancy Newhoff, editor, The Courier, volume 159, number 272, Waterloo, Ia.: Lee Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, page A5, columns 2–3:

Forms

Hypernyms

microtubule-associated protein

Relateds

tauopathy · MAPT

Synonyms

tau

Translations (4)

de Tauprotein (protein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules) · de Tau-Protein (protein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules) · cmn tau蛋白 (protein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules) · fr protéine tau (protein abundant especially in the neurons of the human central nervous system that stabilizes microtubules)