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Published in: Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 1/2015

Open Access 01-12-2015 | Review

Post-mortem analysis of neuroinflammatory changes in human Alzheimer’s disease

Authors: Diego Gomez-Nicola, Delphine Boche

Published in: Alzheimer's Research & Therapy | Issue 1/2015

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Abstract

Since the genome-wide association studies in Alzheimer’s disease have highlighted inflammation as a driver of the disease rather than a consequence of the ongoing neurodegeneration, numerous studies have been performed to identify specific immune profiles associated with healthy, ageing, or diseased brain. However, these studies have been performed mainly in in vitro or animal models, which recapitulate only some aspects of the pathophysiology of human Alzheimer’s disease. In this review, we discuss the availability of human post-mortem tissue through brain banks, the limitations associated with its use, the technical tools available, and the neuroimmune aspects to explore in order to validate in the human brain the experimental observations arising from animal models.
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Metadata
Title
Post-mortem analysis of neuroinflammatory changes in human Alzheimer’s disease
Authors
Diego Gomez-Nicola
Delphine Boche
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Alzheimer's Research & Therapy / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1758-9193
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-015-0126-1

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