Innate immune system and inflammation in Alzheimer's disease: From pathogenesis to treatment

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 21, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 79-87

  Serpente, Maria ^a   Bonsi, Rossana ^a   Scarpini, Elio ^a   Galimberti, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cytokines; Immune system; Immunization; Inflammation; Microglia; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE VACCINE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TAU PROTEIN;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROGLIA; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PATHOGENESIS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION;

EID: 84901786502     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: 14230216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356529     Document Type: Article

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