Keep neuroinflammation in mind when addressing Alzheimer's disease: A microglia perspective

This commentary offers a detailed examination of a newly published paper on the effects of small molecule decoys of amyloid-beta (A beta) aggregation on microglial activation. It was discovered that the NSC16224 decoy peptide inhibited proinflammatory cytokines TNF alpha and IL6 release from microglia in response to A beta(40) and A beta(42) treatment. The research addresses the potential of blocking a sequence of events that lead to the progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we discuss the significance of these results in neuroinflammation, highlighting the greater implications for how decoy peptides would be interesting for the research and development of new drugs for AD therapy.