Monday, March 23, 2020

Alzheimer risk genes converge on microglia

Our DNA determines a large part of our risk for Alzheimer's disease, but it remained unclear how many genetic risk factors contribute to disease. A team now shows that many of risk factors affect brain maintenance cells called microglia, and more particularly their response to amyloid-beta, one of the proteins aggregating in the brains of Alzheimer patients.

from Healthy Aging News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/3dqvfPy

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