Tau Biology

Akihiko TakashimaGakushuin University, Dept Life Sci., Lab Alzheimers Dis., JapanBenjamin WolozinBoston University, School of Med., Dept Pharmacol., USALuc BueeUniversity of Lille, CHU Lille, INSERM, Memory & Resources Res. Ctr., France

• 1) Structure and role of Tau molecule.- (1) Tau structure in solution: FRET study.- (2) Tau structure in solution: NMR study.- (3) Structure of NFT: Biochemical approach.- (4) Structure of NFT: CryoEM approach.- (5) MAPT tau gene and FTDP-17 mutation.- (6) Tau phosphorylation.- (7) Tau acetylation.- (8) Tau truncation.- (9) Tau interacted proteins: interactome.- (10) Tau clearance mechanism.- 2) Tau localization and function.- (11) Localization of Tau.- (12) Axonal transport.- (13) Synaptic localization of tau.- (14) Role of tau in synapse.- (15) Tau in nucleus and nucleic acids.- (16) Tau and the translational stress response.- 3) Tauopathies; pathology, drivers, and marker.- (17) Tau pathology with aging.- (18) Clinical symptom and pathology of FTD including FTDP-17.- (19) Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.- (20) Myotonic dystrophies.- (21) Tau PET.- (22) Tau PET/connectome/fMRI.- (23) Stress.- (24) Diabetes.- (25) Relationship between ApoE and tau.- (26) Relationship between Ab and tau.- 4) Tau aggregation, and therapy.- (27) Tau Oligomer.- (28) Tau droplet formation.- (29) Stress granule.- (30) Tau secretion.- (31) Tau seeding.- (32) Prion-like Tau propagation.- (33) Experimental models for tauopathies.- (34) Dementia therapy targeting tau.- (35) Tau aggregation inhibitor.