MAPT, microtubule associated protein tau, 4137

N. diseases: 469; N. variants: 292
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Tauopathies such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), Pick's disease (PiD), Frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17) etc. represent a group of age-related neurodegenerative disorders in which tau protein loses its normal conformation mostly due to hyperphosphorylation and subsequent formation of the aggregates of defined shapes, known as Neurofibrillary Tangles (NFTs). 31715291 2020
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mutations in the microtubule-associated protein tau gene have been linked to neurofibrillary tangle (NFT) formation in several neurodegenerative diseases known as tauopathies; however, no tau mutations occur in Alzheimer's disease, although this disease is also characterized by NFT formation and cell death. 15930395 2005
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Alzheimer's disease (AD), the leading cause of dementia worldwide, is characterized by the accumulation of the β-amyloid peptide (Aβ) within the brain along with hyperphosphorylated and cleaved forms of the microtubule-associated protein tau. 21456963 2011
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE They include the largely sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD), progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, Pick's disease and argyrophilic grain disease, as well as the inherited frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 (FTDP-17). 15615642 2005
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In Alzheimer's disease (AD), the microtubule-associated protein, tau, is compromised in its normal association with microtubules and forms into paired helical filaments (PHF) that are the hallmark cytoskeletal pathology of the disease. 12444595 2002
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We observed SNPs within the HLA, MAPT and APOE regions jointly contributing to increased risk for FTD and AD or PD. 27899424 2017
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The majority of filaments resembled the half-twisted ribbons described previously in cases of FTDP-17, with a minority of filaments resembling the paired helical filaments of Alzheimer's disease. 12417659 2002
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Presenilins have been associated with FTD or with FTD-like phenotype, while mutations in the MAPT gene have been linked to a clinical phenotype of AD. 19768372 2010
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Deposits of abnormally hyperphosphorylated tau are a hallmark of several dementias, including Alzheimer disease (AD), and about 10% of familial frontotemporal dementia (FTD) cases are caused by mutations in the tau gene. 18852354 2008
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Association of microtubule-associated protein tau gene polymorphisms with the risk of sporadic Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis. 29098924 2018
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The MAPT c.1216C > T (p.Arg406Trp; R406W) mutation is a known cause of frontotemporal dementia with Parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17 tau with Alzheimer's disease-like clinical features. 29370822 2018
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A polymorphic gene nested within an intron of the tau gene: implications for Alzheimer's disease. 12032355 2002
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The MAPT (microtubule-associated protein tau) locus is one of the most remarkable in neurogenetics due not only to its involvement in multiple neurodegenerative disorders, including progressive supranuclear palsy, corticobasal degeneration, Parksinson's disease and possibly Alzheimer's disease, but also due its genetic evolution and complex alternative splicing features which are, to some extent, linked and so all the more intriguing. 22723018 2012
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs), a marker of neuronal alterations in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other tauopathies, are comprised of aggregates of hyperphosphorylated tau protein. 23946388 2013
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Differentially acetylated peaks were enriched in disease-related biological pathways and included regions annotated to genes involved in the progression of amyloid-β and tau pathology (for example, APP, PSEN1, PSEN2, and MAPT), as well as regions containing variants associated with sporadic late-onset AD. 30349106 2018
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN To investigate a possible association between tau genotypes and the risk of Alzheimer's disease, we screened for polymorphisms in the tau gene and found a novel polymorphism IVS11 + 90G --> A. 15106853 2004
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In this review, we provide a broad overview of the diverses sources that could lead to AD, which include genetic origins, Aβ peptides and tau protein. 25032844 2014
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The development of insoluble, intracellular neurofibrillary tangles composed of the microtubule-associated protein tau is a defining feature of tauopathies, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). 30068389 2018
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Although mutations in the MAPT gene have been linked to multiple tauopathies including Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia and progressive supranuclear palsy, knowledge regarding how tau N279K mutation causes PPND/FTDP-17 is limited. 26373282 2015
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) H1H1 genotype was more common in limbic-predominant AD (54 [70%]) than in hippocampal sparing AD (24 [46%]; p=0.011), but did not differ significantly between limbic-predominant and typical AD (204 [59%]; p=0.11). 21802369 2011
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Tau gene polymorphisms and apolipoprotein E epsilon4 may interact to increase risk for Alzheimer's disease. 10643890 1999
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Clinical and pathological features of an Alzheimer's disease patient with the MAPT Delta K280 mutation. 17723255 2009
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Furthermore, we tested whether rs75932628 shows association with amyloid beta (Aβ42) and total-tau protein levels in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 828 individuals with AD or mild cognitive impairment. 25936935 2015
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The biochemical similarity between paired helical filament tau in AD and <i>MAPT</i> V337M predicts that the tau pathology associated with this mutation constitutes a compelling target for [<sup>18</sup>F]AV1451 imaging. 28130473 2017
CUI: C0002395
Disease: Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's Disease
0.700 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN Mutational analysis in early-onset familial dementia in the Japanese population. The role of PSEN1 and MAPT R406W mutations. 18587238 2008