Xenobiotics, Trace Metals and Genetics in the Pathogenesis of Tauopathies

Jan Aaseth, Aleksandra Buha, David R. Wallace and Geir Bjørklund
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Jan Aaseth: Research Department, Innlandet Hospital Trust, 2380 Brumunddal, Norway
Aleksandra Buha: Department of Toxicology “Akademik Danilo Soldatović”, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
David R. Wallace: Center for Health Sciences, School of Biomedical Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Tulsa, OK 74107, USA
Geir Bjørklund: Council for Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (CONEM), 8610 Mo i Rana, Norway

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 4, 1-11

Abstract: Tauopathies are a disease group characterized by either pathological accumulation or release of fragments of hyperphosphorylated tau proteins originating from the central nervous system. The tau hypotheses of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases contain a clinically diverse spectrum of tauopathies. Studies of case records of various tauopathies may reveal clinical phenotype characteristics of the disease. In addition, improved understanding of different tauopathies would disclose environmental factors, such as xenobiotics and trace metals, that can precipitate or modify the progression of the disorder. Important for diagnostics and monitoring of these disorders is a further development of adequate biomarkers, including refined neuroimaging, or proteomics. Our goal is to provide an in-depth review of the current literature regarding the pathophysiological roles of tau proteins and the pathogenic factors leading to various tauopathies, with the perspective of future advances in potential therapeutic strategies.

Keywords: xenobiotics; metals; pathogenesis; tauopathies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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