Immune Cells Absorbing Amyloid Beta (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles

Immune Cells Absorbing Amyloid Beta

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Blood cells from 12 control subjects (left) and blood cells from 12 Alzheimer's disease patients (right) were tested with amyloid-beta with a green fluorescent marker. Note that all 12 samples from control group show monocytes (red) loaded with amyloid-beta (green), whereas samples from Alzheimer's patients had monocytes (red) that did not take up any green or took up only a minute amount.

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