Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Friend or foe? Targeting microglia in Alzheimer's disease.
- Journal:
- Cytokine
- Year:
- 2016
- Authors:
- Dhib-Jalbut, Suhayl
- Affiliation:
- Department of Neurology · United States
Abstract
Inflammation is believed to be a component of a number of degenerative brain diseases including Alzheimer's disease. A recent article by Fu and colleagues (2016) demonstrated that the cytokine IL-33 can modulate microglia in an animal model of AD to become better scavengers of beta-amyloid and less pro-inflammatory. The findings have potential therapeutic implications for a number of brain conditions.
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