Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Caspase-1 inhibition alleviates cognitive impairment and neuropathology in an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model

  • Joseph Flores,
  • Anastasia Noël,
  • Bénédicte Foveau,
  • Jeffrey Lynham,
  • Clotilde Lecrux,
  • Andréa C. LeBlanc

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06449-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Caspase-1, activated by stress in immune cells and in CNS human neurons, may contribute to neuronal degeneration. Here, the authors investigate the therapeutic potential of a Caspase-1 inhibitor in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.