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What happens to microglial TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease: Immunoregulatory turned into immunopathogenic?
Neuroscience - 27 Aug 2015
Lue L-F, Schmitz C, Walker D G
Abstract excerpt
Microglia play major roles in initiation, coordination and execution of innate immunity in the brain. In the adult brain, these include maintenance of homeostasis, neuron and tissue repair, and eliminating infectious agents, apoptotic cells, and misfolded proteins. Some of these activities are accompanied by inflammatory reactions; and others are performed with no inflammatory effects. Under normal conditions,...
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