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Transplanted astrocytes internalize deposited beta-amyloid peptides in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
Glia - 15 Jan 2008
Pihlaja Rea, Koistinaho Jari, Malm Tarja, Sikkilä Herkko, Vainio Seppo, Koistinaho Milla
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most devastating neurodegenerative disorders. The neuropathological hallmarks include extracellular senile plaques consisting of deposited beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptides and intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles. Neuroinflammation and activation of astrocytes are also well-established features of AD neuropathology; however, the relationships between astrocytes and Abeta...
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