Inflammation and Alzheimer disease: The good, the bad, and the ugly
Stacie C. Weninger
& Bruce A. Yankner
Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School Division of Neuroscience Children's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts, USA
bruce.yankner@tch.harvard.edu
Inflammation is commonly believed to be a culprit in Alzheimer disease pathogenesis. Recent studies, however, indicate that certain aspects of the inflammatory response may have therapeutic potential (pages 612−618).