据估计，全世界有1000万人患有帕金森病，这是一种无法治愈的神经退行性疾病，导致运动控制的日益丧失。如果我们能深入了解这些病人的大脑，我们就会看到这两种疾病的特征。首先，我们会看到产生一种叫做多巴胺的化学物质的脑细胞死亡。我们也会看到蛋白质团块称为Lewy小体内的神经元。--- ---

Researchers uncover culprit in Parkinson's brain cell die-off

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More information:  Diego Grassi et al, Identification of a highly neurotoxic α-synuclein species inducing mitochondrial damage and mitophagy in Parkinson's disease, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018).  DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1713849115

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发现在致命的肺部感染中抑制免疫反应的神经细胞

Nerve cells found to suppress immune response during deadly lung infections

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More information:  Nociceptor sensory neurons suppress neutrophil and γδ T cell responses in bacterial lung infections and lethal pneumonia, Nature Medicine (2018). nature.com/articles/doi:10.1038/nm.4501