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SynthesisActa neuropathologica communications2024

Shaping the future of preclinical development of successful disease-modifying drugs against Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review of tau propagation models.

Neha Basheer, Luc Buee, Jean-Pierre Brion, Tomas Smolek, Muhammad Khalid Muhammadi, Jozef Hritz, Tomas Hromadka, Ilse Dewachter, Susanne Wegmann, Isabelle Landrieu and 3 more

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Synthesis in Acta neuropathologica communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Neha BasheerInstitute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Cesta 9, 845 10, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Luc BueeInserm, CHU Lille, CNRS, LilNCog - Lille Neuroscience & Cognition, University of Lille, 59000, Lille, France. luc.buee@inserm.fr.
Jean-Pierre BrionFaculty of Medicine, Laboratory of Histology, Alzheimer and Other Tauopathies Research Group (CP 620), ULB Neuroscience Institute (UNI), Université Libre de Bruxelles, 808, Route de Lennik, 1070, Brussels, Belgium.
Tomas SmolekInstitute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Cesta 9, 845 10, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Muhammad Khalid MuhammadiInstitute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Cesta 9, 845 10, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Jozef HritzCEITEC Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
Tomas HromadkaInstitute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Cesta 9, 845 10, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Ilse DewachterBiomedical Research Institute, BIOMED, Hasselt University, 3500, Hasselt, Belgium.
Susanne WegmannGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany.
Isabelle LandrieuCNRS EMR9002 - BSI - Integrative Structural Biology, 59000, Lille, France.
Petr NovakInstitute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Cesta 9, 845 10, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Amritpal MudherSchool of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
Norbert ZilkaInstitute of Neuroimmunology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska Cesta 9, 845 10, Bratislava, Slovakia. norbert.zilka@savba.sk.

Funding

Agentúra Ministerstva Školstva, Vedy, Výskumu a Športu SR APVV-19-0585Agentúra Ministerstva Školstva, Vedy, Výskumu a Športu SR APVV-20-0447EU Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research MULTI-MEMOHORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions 873127Vedecká Grantová Agentúra MŠVVaŠ SR a SAV 2/0127/22
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The transcellular propagation of the aberrantly modified protein tau along the functional brain network is a key hallmark of Alzheimer's disease and related tauopathies. Inoculation-based tau propagation models can recapitulate the stereotypical spread of tau and reproduce various types of tau inclusions linked to specific tauopathy, albeit with varying degrees of fidelity. With this systematic review, we underscore the significance of judicious selection and meticulous functional, biochemical, and biophysical characterization of various tau inocula. Furthermore, we highlight the necessity of choosing suitable animal models and inoculation sites, along with the critical need for validation of fibrillary pathology using confirmatory staining, to accurately recapitulate disease-specific inclusions. As a practical guide, we put forth a framework for establishing a benchmark of inoculation-based tau propagation models that holds promise for use in preclinical testing of disease-modifying drugs.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseTauopathiesAnimalsBrainDisease Models, AnimalNeurofibrillary Tanglestau Proteinstau ProteinsAggregationAnimal modelsNeurofibrillary tanglesPropagationSpreadingTau protein

Identifiers

PMID38576010
PMCPMC10993623

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