Dysfunctional astrocytes found in bipolar disorder: study
The finding fits with a higher risk of inflammatory diseases in patients, authors say
The inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-6 may contribute to astrocyte malfunction in bipolar disorder, researchers say.
The US team had previously published a method for rapidly generating inflammation-responsive astrocytes from human-induced pluripotent stem cells via a glial precursor intermediate.
