Study finds disrupted blood-brain barrier protein transport in mice modeling early Alzheimer's disease
Researchers reported that blood-brain barrier transport of some proteins was disrupted in mice modeling early-stage Alzheimer's disease.
A research team catalogued nearly 100 proteins that can cross the blood-brain barrier and help maintain brain health, Nature reported. In mice with a neurological disease model, transport of some of those proteins was impaired.
The findings describe a mechanism in an animal model and do not establish a treatment or cause of Alzheimer's disease in people.