Herpes can lead to Alzheimer's disease

Recent studies have shown that herpes plays a certain role in the development of Alzheimer's disease, a common form of dementia.

Researchers at Rochester Medical Center have discovered that the ApoE-4 gene has turned green for HSV to work more actively in the brain region.

According to Howard Federoff, head of the research program, which was published in the electronic journal Neurobiology of Aging, the data showed that the ApoE-4 gene may have supported the possibility of HSV virus becoming a dangerous pathogen. dangerous.

Herpes virus (Photo: health-news-blog.com)

In this study, the scientists also calculated the level of activity of HSV virus in the brain of mice with other forms of the ApoE gene in humans.

The team found that the same amount of HSV virus infecting mice 's brain cells was the same whether the mouse had the ApoE-4 gene. But for mice with ApoE-4 genes, the HSV virus is more flexible so they appear to multiply faster.

In recent years, scientists have known that the ApoE-4 gene plays a certain role in the development of Alzheimer's disease, but the development of this disease is related to herpes disease which is completely new to the scientist.

Ruth Itzhaki of Manchester University has conducted various studies on this issue. The results of her studies show the relationship between herpes and Alzheimer's disease. She also found that patients with dementia and ApoE-4 genes had higher numbers of HSV viruses in areas of the brain with Alzheimer's disease. People with ApoE-4 and HSV viruses have a higher risk of Alzheimer's disease than those who lack one of the two factors, the ApoE-4 gene or the HSV virus.

Besides, other researchers have also discovered that people who are often perturbed are more likely to have ApoE-4 genes than others.

Herpes is a chronic disease that lasts a lifetime and bursts in waves. Usually, HSV virus is dull, inactive and locked in cells, but triggers such as stress, severe fatigue, certain foods and even sunshine can make the virus Active again causes damage to cells and causes sores in the mouth.

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