Corrección del autor: La zonificación inmune impulsada por el comensal del hígado promueve la defensa del huésped

Anita Gola1,2, Michael G Dorrington3, Emily Speranza4,5

  • 1Lymphocyte Biology Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. agola@rockefeller.edu.

Nature
|August 10, 2021
PubMed
Resumen

Este estudio detalla el descubrimiento de nuevos objetivos terapéuticos para la enfermedad de Alzheimer, ofreciendo nuevas esperanzas de tratamientos efectivos. Los investigadores identificaron vías moleculares clave cruciales para detener la neurodegeneración y mejorar la función cognitiva.

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