New Study Suggests Alzheimer’s May Be an Autoimmune Disease
Alzheimer’s disease has been known as a disease of the brain. However, McKnight’s reports that recent research suggests otherwise. Alzheimer’s may be a result of an autoimmune disease.
The study was conducted at the University of Toronto by Donald F. Weaver of Krembil Research Institute. Research included study of patent and journal literatures through various search algorithms. The end result was as “an innovative broadly encompassing model of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) that harmonizes multiple divergent theories into a unified comprehensive explanation.”
Weaver stated, “The findings led to an integrated new molecular model for AD: “Alzheimer’s disease as an autoimmune disease (‘AD2’). In AD2, AD is a brain-centric disorder of innate immunity involving concurrent autoimmune and autoinflammatory mechanisms.”