Publication Date:
2014-04-18
Description:
Article MHC-I is expressed in neurons where it is implicated in synaptic plasticity and neuron regeneration. Here, Cebrián et al . report an increase in MHC-I expression in brain neurons from Parkinson’s disease patients, which is triggered by microglial activation and circulating dopamine. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms4633 Authors: Carolina Cebrián, Fabio A. Zucca, Pierluigi Mauri, Julius A. Steinbeck, Lorenz Studer, Clemens R. Scherzer, Ellen Kanter, Sadna Budhu, Jonathan Mandelbaum, Jean P. Vonsattel, Luigi Zecca, John D. Loike, David Sulzer
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Natural Sciences in General
,
Physics
Permalink