A study of aging and Alzheimer’s disease brains found higher levels of somatic mutations, particularly in microglia.
The findings suggest these mutations may drive the expansion of inflammatory microglial cells and contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
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Somatic cancer driver mutations are enriched and associated with inflammatory states in Alzheimer’s disease microglia
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an age-associated neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive neuronal loss and pathological accumulation of the misfolded proteins amyloid-β and tau[1][1],[2][...