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Microglia in juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis are primed toward a pro-inflammatory phenotype.
Journal of neurochemistry - 1 Oct 2013
Xiong Juan, Kielian Tammy
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (JNCL) is a lysosomal storage disease caused by an autosomal recessive mutation in CLN3. Regions of microglial activation precede and predict areas of neuronal loss in JNCL; however, the functional role of activated microglia remains to be defined. The inflammasome is a key molecular pathway for activating pro-IL-1β in microglia, and IL-1β is elevated in the brains of JNCL...
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