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Disease progress: the role of lipids
These images show microglia containing lipid droplets (white spots). Researchers at UC San Diego have revealed that in brains with Alzheimer’s and related diseases, neurons offload excess lipid droplets to microglia, which triggers further inflammation. Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences.
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