TGF-beta1 in Old and New Hippocampus (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

TGF-beta1 in Old and New Hippocampus

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Images of cells in the brain's hippocampus show that the growth factor TGF-beta1 (stained red) is barely present in young tissue but ubiquitous in old tissue, where it suppresses stem cell regeneration and contributes to inflammation and aging.

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David Schaffer & Irina Conboy, UC Berkeley

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