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Release of growth factors by neuronal precursor cells as a treatment for diseases with tau pathology.
Archives italiennes de biologie - 1 Jun 2011
Spillantini Maria Grazia, Iovino Mariangela, Vuono Romina
Abstract excerpt
The intraneuronal accumulation of the microtubule associated protein tau in a hyperphosphorylated state and the extracellular deposit of ßamyloid protein constitute the defining neuropathological signature of Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia in ageing Homo sapiens.There is accumulating evidence suggesting that transplantation of embryonic and adult derived neuronal precursor cells (NPCs) has...
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