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Biology of adult human microglia in culture: comparisons with peripheral blood monocytes and astrocytes.
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology - 1 Sept 1992
Williams K, Bar-Or A, Ulvestad E, Olivier A, Antel J P, Yong V W
Abstract excerpt
We have compared phenotypic and functional properties of surgically derived adult human microglia to autologous and allogenic peripheral blood-derived monocytes and to astrocytes derived from the same surgical resection. We found that microglia differed from peripheral blood monocytes with respect to adhesion properties and survival rates in vitro. Microglia, similar to resident macrophages in different tissues,...
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