Microbial BMAA elicits mitochondrial dysfunction, innate immunity activation, and Alzheimer’s disease features in cortical neurons

Abstract Background After decades of research recognizing it as a complex multifactorial disorder, sporadic Alzheimer’s disease (sAD) still has no known etiology. Adding to the myriad of different pathways involved, bacterial neurotoxins are assuming greater importance in the etiology and/or progres...

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Main Authors: Diana F. Silva, Emanuel Candeias, A. Raquel Esteves, João D. Magalhães, I. Luísa Ferreira, Daniela Nunes-Costa, A. Cristina Rego, Nuno Empadinhas, Sandra M. Cardoso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of Neuroinflammation
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12974-020-02004-y