Trial Results for a PD-L1 Antibody Therapy to Reduce Inflammation in Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's disease, and the other common age-related neurodegenerative conditions, are characterized by chronic inflammation in brain tissue. Aging in general is characterized by an increased level of constant inflammatory signaling. Numerous different mechanisms contribute to this constant inflammation, such as maladaptive reactions to mitochondrial DNA fragments released into the cytoplasm as a…