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Microglial C5aR (CD88) expression correlates with amyloid-beta deposition in murine models of Alzheimer's disease.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Apr 2010
Ager Rahasson R, Fonseca Maria I, Chu Shu-Hui, Sanderson Sam D, Taylor Stephen M, Woodruff Trent M, Tenner Andrea J
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Alzheimer's disease (AD), a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by the accumulation of amyloid-beta protein and neuronal loss, is the leading cause of age-related dementia in the world today. The disease is also associated with neuroinflammation, robust activation of astrocytes and microglia, and evidence of activation of the complement system, localized with both fibrillar amyloid-beta (fAbeta)...
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