Nick Brazell
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Nick Brazell
@nickbrazell.bsky.social
Immunology PhD student at UAB
Auburn University alum
Reposted by Nick Brazell
Homeostatic microglia initially seed and activated microglia later reshape amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s Disease

This further adds to the mounting evidence that microglia are perhaps much better at Aβ plaque formation than plaque clearance. What a fantastic study 🤩
Homeostatic microglia initially seed and activated microglia later reshape amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s Disease - Nature Communications
The role of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease is debated. This paper shows that homeostatic microglia seed amyloid plaques in early disease stages and activated microglia compact plaques at later stage...
www.nature.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:44 AM