Taupromotestheassemblyandmaintainsthestructureofmicrotubulesinneuronalcells3,4,5.Whilethefetalbraincontainsasingleisoformoftau(Tau-352)theadultbrainhasseveralisoforms.TauisbothphosphorylatedandO-GlcNAcylated6.Thenormalbraintaucontains2-3molesofphosphate/moleoftheprotein.InAlzheimerdiseasetauishyperphosphorylated,containing3-4-foldmorephosphate/moleoftheproteinthanthenormaltau7,8andisthemajorproteinsubunitofpairedhelicalfilaments(PHF)thatformtheneurofibrillarytangles(NFT).NFTaccumulationcorrelateswiththeclinicalprogressionofAlzheimer"sdisease.Tau-1A6(TA-1002;PatentPending)isaproprietaryrPeptideTauMonoclonalAntibodythatbindsall6Tauisoforms.
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