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A phenotypic change but not proliferation underlies glial responses in Alzheimer disease.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Jun 2013
Serrano-Pozo Alberto, Gómez-Isla Teresa, Growdon John H, Frosch Matthew P, Hyman Bradley T
Abstract excerpt
Classical immunohistochemical studies in the Alzheimer disease (AD) brain reveal prominent glial reactions, but whether this pathological feature is due primarily to cell proliferation or to a phenotypic change of existing resting cells remains controversial. We performed double-fluorescence immunohistochemical studies of astrocytes and microglia, followed by unbiased stereology-based quantitation in temporal...
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