NEUROPROTECTIVE IMMUNITY: Leukaemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) as guardian of brain health
The immune system naturally protects the brain, exerting a key role in brain health including as a source of neurotrophic factors released by T lymphocytes (Filiano et al., 2017). But a fine line exists, qualified by inflammation, and the growing global epidemic of dementia is linked to inflammatory...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-06-01
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Series: | Medicine in Drug Discovery |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590098619300065 |