Microglial transplantation increases amyloid-β clearance in Alzheimer model rats
Microglial transplantation increases amyloid-β clearance in Alzheimer model rats
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DOI:
10.1016/j.febslet.2007.01.009
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发表时间:
2007-02-06
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Tooyama, Ikuo
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作者:
Takata, Kazuyuki;Kitamura, Yoshihisa;Tooyama, Ikuo
Immunization with amyloid-beta (A beta) peptides, a therapeutic approach in Alzheimer's disease (AD), reduces brain A beta, and microglial A beta phagocytosis has been proposed as an AD-lowering mechanism. We transplanted rat microglia into the rat lateral ventricle just after intra-hippocampal A beta injection, and then investigated the contribution of exogenous microglia to A beta clearance. Migration of exogenous microglia from the lateral ventricle to A beta plaque was detected by magnetic resonance imaging and histochemical analysis, and the clearance of A beta was increased by transplantation. These results suggest the possible usefulness of exogenous microglia to the therapeutic approach in AD. (c) 2007 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.