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Common types of dementia and proteins affected.
| Dementia type | Proteins affected | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Alzheimer’s disease (AD) | tau, Aβ, ApoE, α-synuclein | (17–19) |
| Vascular dementia (VaD) | tau | (20, 21) |
| Corticobasal degeneration (CBD) | tau | (22) |
| Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) | α-synuclein | (19) |
| Parkinson’s disease dementia | α-synuclein | (23) |
| Frontotemporal lobar dementia (FTLD) | ||
| • FTLD-tau | Tau | (20, 22) |
| • FTLD-TDP43 | TDP43 | (24, 25) |
| • FTLD-FUS | FUS | (26, 27) |
