New discovery on factors related to Alzheimer’s disease progression (IMAGE)

University of Barcelona

New discovery on factors related to Alzheimer’s disease progression

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The new study describes for the first time the critical role of the RTP801 protein in astrocytes, specific brain cells involved in neuroinflammation, synaptic regulation and brain homeostasis. From left to right, Albert Giralt, Jordi Alberch, Esther Pérez-Navarro, Cristina Malagelada, Manuel J. Rodríguez-Allué, Almudena Chicote, Guadalupe Soria, Lydia Mora, Pol Garcia Segura and Lea Michalke at the UB’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

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UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA

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