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Patients with Alzheimer's disease display a pro-inflammatory phenotype.
Experimental gerontology - 1 Jan 2001
Remarque E J, Bollen E L, Weverling-Rijnsburger A W, Laterveer J C, Blauw G J, Westendorp R G
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BACKGROUND: Inflammation plays a pivotal role in amyloid plaque progression thereby contributing to Alzheimer's disease-related neurodegeneration. We hypothesized that patients with Alzheimer's disease have an innate pro-inflammatory phenotype, as compared to control subjects without dementia. METHODS: Patients with a diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's disease (n=12) and control subjects without signs of dementia...
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