Researchers here provide evidence for the aggregation of altered forms of tau protein in the aging brain, and the resulting death of neurons, to be driven by chronic inflammation. This is good news if true, given recent work carried out in animal models of tauopathy, in which clearance of inflammatory, senescent glial cells in the brain was <a href="https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2018/08/clearing-senescent-cells-from-the-brain-reduces-tau-aggregation-and-improves-function-in-mous…
Evidence for Inflammation to Drive Tau Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease
Researchers here provide evidence for the aggregation of altered forms of tau protein in the aging brain, and the resulting death of neurons, to be driven by chronic inflammation. This is good news if true, given recent work carried out in animal models of tauopathy, in which clearance of inflammatory, senescent glial cells in the brain was <a href="https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2018/08/clearing-senescent-cells-from-the-brain-reduces-tau-aggregation-and-improves-function-in-mous…