Modulation of leukocyte activity in treatment of neuroinflammatory degenerative disease

Abstract

Methods for treating and reducing the progression of neurodegenerative diseases, including, without limitation Alzheimer's disease, are provided. The methods of the invention reduce or deplete neutrophil/myeloid cells in the region of the brain by blocking neutrophil/myeloid cell adhesion and interaction with the vascular endothelium, by blocking infiltration of neutrophil/myeloid cells into the brain, by reducing motility of neutrophil/myeloid cells in the parenchyma, by blocking Aβ-induced activation and adhesion of neutrophil/myeloid cells, and/or by blocking Aβ-induced integrin activation, degranulation and/or ROS release in neutrophil/myeloid cells.

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