Inflammation may spur abnormal tau tangles, new mouse study shows

Monday, February 17, 2020 - 09:50 in Health & Medicine

Circumventing the activation of an immune system complex that drives inflammation, which is known as the NLRP3 inflammasome, could prevent the collection of abnormal tangles of the protein tau in the brain, according to a new study in mice. The findings, published in Nature, also showed that this inflammasome is a key step in the pathway […]

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