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Induction of inflammatory mediators and microglial activation in mice transgenic for mutant human P301S tau protein.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Nov 2004
Bellucci Arianna, Westwood Andrew J, Ingram Esther, Casamenti Fiorella, Goedert Michel, Spillantini Maria Grazia
Abstract excerpt
Mice transgenic for human P301S tau protein exhibit many characteristics of the human tauopathies, including the formation of abundant filaments made of hyperphosphorylated tau protein and neurodegeneration leading to nerve cell loss. At 5 months of age, the pathological changes are most marked in brainstem and spinal cord. Here we show that these changes are accompanied by marked neuroinflammation. Many...
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