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Blood Immune Cells Enter the Aging Brain, Reshaping Brain Immunity

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Blood Immune Cells Enter the Aging Brain, Reshaping Brain Immunity
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Stanford researchers show that immune cells from the blood can migrate into the aging brain and become microglia, challenging the view of brain immunity as isolated and opening potential new immunotherapy avenues for neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's.

Topics:healthhealth-and-medicine#aging#alzheimers-disease#brain-immune#clonal-hematopoiesis#health-and-medicine#microglia
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  1. Immune cells flood into the aging brain, Stanford scientists discover  ScienceDaily
  2. Youth-associated protein helps restore healthy function in immune cells in the aging brain  Medical Xpress
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  4. Youth-associated protein TIMP2 regulates microglial state and function in healthy and aged mice  Nature
  5. Immune cells cross blood-brain barrier during human aging  National Institutes of Health (NIH) | (.gov)

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