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Alzheimer’s Disease: Assessing the Role of Spirochetes, Biofilms, the Immune System, and Amyloid-β with Regard to Potential Treatment and Prevention

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an infectious disease caused by spirochetes, and these spirochetes form biofilms, which attract the innate immune system. The innate immune system first responder, Toll-like receptor 2, generates both NF-κB and TNF-α which try to kill the spirochetes in the biofilm, but c...

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Autor principal: Allen, Herbert B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: IOS Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5008232/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27372648
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-160388