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Microglial cells internalize aggregates of the Alzheimer's disease amyloid beta-protein via a scavenger receptor.
Neuron - 1 Sept 1996
Paresce D M, Ghosh R N, Maxfield F R
Abstract excerpt
Microglia are immune system cells associated with Alzheimer's disease plaques containing beta-amyloid (A beta). Murine microglia internalize microaggregates of fluorescently labeled or radioiodinated A beta peptide 1-42. Uptake was confirmed using aggregates of unlabeled A beta detected by immunofluorescence. Uptake of A beta was reduced by coincubation with excess acetyl-low density lipoprotein (Ac-LDL) or other...
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