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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Main Author: Su M. Metcalfe, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Medicine in Drug Discovery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590098619300065