More on Inflammation, the Immune System and Neurodegenerative Diseases (NHS Choices / Frontiers in Neuroscience)

Summary

A review article was published last month, covering evidence suggesting that the body’s innate immune system may be involved in neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease, associated with a cascade of progressive damage to brain cells. Further details are provided in the following critical appraisal of news headlines:

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Immune system ‘plays a role in dementia’. London: NHS Choices Behind the Headlines, May 13^th 2016.

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Richards, RI. Robertson, SA. [and] O’Keefe, LV. [et al] (2016). The enemy within: innate surveillance-mediated cell death, the common mechanism of neurodegenerative disease. Frontiers in Neuroscience. May 10^th 2016, Vol.10, pp.193. (Click here to view the PubMed abstract).

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