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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Scott Lohr
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-772 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The Journal of biological chemistry 20031110 7
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by senile plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, dystrophic neurites, and reactive glial cells. Activated microglia are found to be intimately associated with senile plaques and may play a central role in mediating chronic inflammatory conditions in Alzheimer's disease. Activation of cultured murine microglial BV2 cells by freshly sonicated Abeta42 results in the secretion of neurotoxic factors that kill primary cultured neu ...[more]