C5aR agonist enhances phagocytosis of fibrillar and non-fibrillar Aβ amyloid and preserves memory in a mouse model of familial Alzheimer's disease.

According to the amyloid hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) the deposition of prefibrillar and fibrillar Aβ peptide sets off the pathogenic cascades of neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration that lead to synaptic and neuronal loss resulting in cognitive decline. Various approaches to reduc...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elena Panayiotou, Eleni Fella, Savanna Andreou, Revekka Papacharalambous, Petroula Gerasimou, Paul Costeas, Stella Angeli, Ioanna Kousiappa, Savvas Papacostas, Theodoros Kyriakides
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225417