The P2X7 receptor: a new therapeutic target in Alzheimer’s disease

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INTRODUCTION: Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative illness with genetic risk as an etiological factor in a subset of cases. In AD with autosomal dominant inheritance, the extracellular β-amyloid (Aβ) aggregates and intracellular neurofibrillary tangles which consist of hyperphosphorylated tau, appear to be involved in the neuronal damage; however, other forms of AD may have a polygenetic causality....

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