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Why is TYROBP deficiency neuroprotective when TYROBP is an adapter for multiple AD risk receptors?
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The abstract shows TYROBP deficiency is neuroprotective despite being required for TREM2, CD33, and CR3 function - receptors associated with AD risk. This counterintuitive finding challenges current understanding of how these immune receptors contribute to AD pathogenesis.
Gap type: contradiction
Source paper: Deficiency of TYROBP, an adapter protein for TREM2 and CR3 receptors, is neuroprotective in a mouse model of early Alzheimer's pathology. (None, None, PMID:28612290)