A receptor that lets dementia-associated tau proteins into neurons.
2020
In many neurodegenerative disorders, the spread of protein aggregates underlies disease progression in the brain. A receptor molecule has now been found that mediates the neuronal uptake of one such harmful protein. LRP1 protein mediates propagation of tau in the brain.
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