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Using preclinical models — in vitro cellular models with amyloid and tau proteins, in vivo mouse models and in vitro human cells from Alzheimer’s patients — the researchers demonstrated that stopping IDO1 helps restore healthy glucose metabolism in astrocytes, the star-shaped brain cells that provide metabolic support to neurons.
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Michelle Bixby/Penn State
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