Immune Molecule Long Tied to Inflammation May Benefit the Aging Brain
Study shows that STING, a molecule that some experimental drugs seek to block, may actually help protect the brain against Alzheimer’s-like decline
Citation: Katherine Sulka, a postdoctoral researcher at Tufts University School of Medicine, carried out this work as a doctoral candidate in the Sharma Lab and is the first author in this study. Research reported in this article was supported by the National Institutes of Health under award numbers R01AI142005, 1R56AG082812-01, R01HL144477, R01HL165725, S10OD03203, F31HL159907, F30HL162200, F31HL177963, and UM1TR004398, as well as through private research foundations. Complete information on authors, funders, methodology, limitations, and conflicts of interest is available in the published paper.
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