MAPT and Alzheimer disease: Published studies revealed that the microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) gene polymorphisms increased Alzheimer’s disease (AD) risk; the associations of 4 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs, rs242557G/A, rs2471738C/T, rs3785883G/A and rs1467967A/G) of the MAPT gene with AD risk, however, remain inconclusive.