Research
Tauopathies across ancestries
Maina Lab work spans tau biology, Alzheimer's and frontotemporal dementia mechanisms, and African ancestry cellular models — anchored at Sussex Neuroscience with partners in Nigeria.
Live lab hub: mainalab.com. Scholar metrics last synced 2026-05 · 1,354 citations.
Selected publications
- Atypical, non-standard functions of the microtubule associated Tau protein
2017 · Acta Neuropathologica Communications · 91 cites
- Nuclear tau and its potential role in Alzheimer's disease
2016 · Biomolecules · 9 cites
- The involvement of tau in nucleolar transcription and the stress response
2018 · Acta Neuropathologica Communications · 70 cites
- Tau filament self-assembly and structure: tau as a therapeutic target
2020 · Frontiers in Neurology · 59 cites
- Two decades of neuroscience publication trends in Africa
2021 · Nature Communications · 34 cites
- The involvement of Aβ42 and tau in nucleolar and protein synthesis machinery dysfunction
2018 · Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience · 22 cites
- Dityrosine cross-linking and its potential roles in Alzheimer's disease
2023 · Frontiers in Neuroscience · 18 cites
- Dityrosine cross-links are present in Alzheimer's disease-derived tau oligomers and paired helical filaments
2022 · Journal of Molecular Biology · 15 cites