The abstract describes a prion-like coaptation mechanism between human 4R-tau and monkey 3R-tau during spreading, but the molecular details are not explained. This cross-species tau interaction mechanism is critical for validating primate model translational relevance. Gap type: unexplained_observation Source paper: Temporal progression of tau pathology and neuroinflammation in a rhesus monkey model of Alzheimer's disease. (2024, Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, PMID:39030748)
Landscape Summary: How does exogenous human 4R-tau coaptate endogenous monkey 3R-tau during transneuronal spread? is a 0.76 priority gap in neurodegeneration. It has 0 linked hypotheses with average composite score 0.000. Status: open.
Colonna, Sevlever, et al. (TREM2 biology)
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