Nature Genetics

Plasticity of human microglia and brain perivascular macrophages in aging and Alzheimer's disease

By Donghoon Lee, James M. Vicari, Christian Porras, Panos Roussos

Cohort study of 1,607 peopleMechanisms

The paper

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; James J. Peters VA Medical Center

Nature Genetics, 11 Aug 2026

doi.org/10.1038/s41588-026-02716-6 PubMed 42581323

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