MAPT and neurodegenerative disease: Several amyloid proteins including α-synuclein (α-syn), Tau, amyloid β (Aβ) protein, and TAR DNA-binding protein 43 kDa (TDP-43) form pathological fibrils and deposit in patient brains of different neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) such as Parkinson’s disease (PD), Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).