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Juzen-Taiho-to, an herbal medicine, promotes the differentiation of transplanted bone marrow cells into microglia in the mouse brain injected with fibrillar amyloid β.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 Jun 2014
Liu Huayan, Wang Jun, Tabira Takeshi
Abstract excerpt
Microglia are the main immunocompetent and phagocytic cells in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Bone marrow-derived microglia have been demonstrated to be more effective in antigen presentation and phagocytosis than inherent microglia in AD. Thus, microglia have received much attention in the pathogenesis of AD. The herbal medicine Juzen-taiho-to (JTT) has been reported to reduce β-amyloid (Aβ) burden in the mouse brain...
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