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Nuclear ASC speck formation in microglia is associated with inflammasome priming and is exacerbated in LRRK2-G2019S Parkinson's disease.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Jan 2026
Ballotto Luca, Baratta Thomas, Winterberg Helena, Dusanter Cédric, Sambin Sara, Corvol Jean Christophe, Iovino Ludovica, Bubacco Luigi, Corti Olga, Greggio Elisa, Novello Salvatore
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Neuroinflammation is increasingly recognized as a central pathological mechanism in Parkinson's disease (PD), a progressive neurodegenerative disorder marked by dopaminergic neuron loss and diverse motor and non-motor symptoms. The NLRP3 inflammasome and its adaptor protein ASC are critical to initiating and sustaining inflammatory responses in the central nervous system. Although acute inflammasome activation...
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