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Abstract
Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the presence of amyloid plaques in the brain, which comprise mainly beta-amyloid peptide and alpha 1-antichymotrypsin. Here, Peter Vandenabeele and Walter Fiers advance the hypothesis that this amyloidogenesis results from an IL-1-/IL-6-mediated acute phase reaction in the brain. They propose possible intracerebral sources of cytokines and acute phase proteins in microglia, astrocytes, neurons and cells of the choroid plexus.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1909530 DOI: 10.1016/0167-5699(91)90032-O
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Immunol Today ISSN: 0167-5699