Innate phagocytosis by peripheral blood monocytes is altered in Alzheimer's disease

Ben J Gu; Xin Huang; Amber Ou; Alan Rembach; Christopher Fowler; Pavan K Avula; Adam Horton; James D Doecke; Victor L Villemagne; S Lance Macaulay; Paul Maruff; Erica L Fletcher; Robyn Guymer; James S Wiley; Colin L Masters

Journal article

Innate phagocytosis by peripheral blood monocytes is altered in Alzheimer's disease

Ben J Gu, Xin Huang, Amber Ou, Alan Rembach, Christopher Fowler, Pavan K Avula, Adam Horton, James D Doecke, Victor L Villemagne, S Lance Macaulay, Paul Maruff, Erica L Fletcher, Robyn Guymer, James S Wiley, Colin L Masters

Acta Neuropathologica | SPRINGER | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1007/s00401-016-1596-3

University of Melbourne Researchers

James Wiley Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Erica Fletcher Author Anatomy and Physiology

Colin Masters Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

Robyn Guymer Author Ophthalmology Eye and Ear Hospital

Ben Gu Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

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Funding Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. Verena Wimmer for the help of confocal microscopy. A full list of AIBL investigators can be found at http://aibl.csiro.au/about/aibl-research-team. This work was supported by ARC Future Fellowship (BG, FT120100581) and NHMRC Project Grant (1048082, 1061419), Macular Disease Foundation Australia Project Grant (2014-2016), Macular Society Grant USA (2015) and the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Grant to the Florey Institute.