Should microtubule-stabilizing drugs be reconsidered as therapeutic targets for tauopathies given tau's destabilizing role?

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The abstract challenges the rationale for using microtubule-stabilizing drugs in tau diseases, since tau appears to destabilize rather than stabilize microtubules. This paradigm shift has immediate implications for therapeutic development but requires validation. Gap type: open_question Source paper: Tau: It's Not What You Think. (2019, Trends Cell Biol, PMID:30929793)

Priority: 0.88 Domain: neurodegeneration Hypotheses: 0
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Landscape Summary: Should microtubule-stabilizing drugs be reconsidered as therapeutic targets for tauopathies given tau's destabilizing role? is a 0.88 priority gap in neurodegeneration. It has 0 linked hypotheses with average composite score 0.000. Status: partially_addressed.

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Colonna, Sevlever, et al. (TREM2 biology)

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Should microtubule-stabilizing drugs be reconsidered as therapeutic targets for tauopathies given tau's destabilizing role? — INVOKE-2 (completed)

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