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Repetitive injury induces phenotypes associated with Alzheimer's disease by reactivating HSV-1 in a human brain tissue model.
Science signaling - 7 Jan 2025
Cairns Dana M, Smiley Brooke M, Smiley Jordan A, Khorsandian Yasaman, Kelly Marilyn, Itzhaki Ruth F, Kaplan David L
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Infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in the brains of APOE4 carriers increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We previously found that latent HSV-1 in a three-dimensional in vitro model of APOE4-heterozygous human brain tissue was reactivated in response to neuroinflammation caused by exposure to other pathogens. Because traumatic brain injury also causes neuroinflammation, we surmised that...
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