Protein from the liver may cause Alzheimer’s disease in the brain (IMAGE)

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Protein from the liver may cause Alzheimer’s disease in the brain

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Hippocampal dentate gyrus in HSHA mice, showing significant astrocyte activation (GFAP: white) and oxidative stress (8OHdG: green) surrounding the cerebral capillaries (laminin-a4: magenta). Nuclei staining with DAPI (blue).

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John Charles Louis Mamo, Lam V et al., 2021, PLOS Biology, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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