MICROGLIAL IMMUNE RESPONSE IN CEREBRAL AMYLOID ANGIOPATHY IN TRANSMISSIBLE AND NON-TRANSMISSIBLE CEREBRAL AMYLOI DOSES.

This article presents an abstract of the research paper "Microglial Immune Response in Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy in Transmissible and Non-Transmissible Cerebral Amyloidoses," which was discussed in the 13th Conference of the Polish Association of Neuropathologist. Cerebral or congophilic amyloid angiopathy is a degenerative disease of small and medium-size vessels in which the disruption of basement membrane, pericyte, and changes of endothelial cells, particularly progressive loss of smooth muscle cells, lead to acellular degeneration and necrosis of vessel walls, which can be the cause of progressive dementia, lobar or petechial hemorrhages, or ischemic strokes.