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Toll-like receptor 2 deficiency shifts PrP106-126-induced microglial activation from a neurotoxic to a neuroprotective phenotype.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Apr 2015
Wang Jihong, Zhao Deming, Pan Bo, Fu Yongyao, Shi Fushan, Kouadir Mohammed, Yang Lifeng, Yin Xiaomin, Zhou Xiangmei
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Prion diseases are fatal neurodegenerative diseases characterized by spongiform change, neuronal loss, and gliosis involving microglial activation in the central nervous system. Microglial activation is thought to play a key role in the pathogenesis of prion disease; however, the molecular mechanisms underlying prion-induced microglial activation are not well understood. The present study underlines the...
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