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Transformation from a neuroprotective to a neurotoxic microglial phenotype in a mouse model of ALS.
Experimental neurology - 1 Sept 2012
Liao Bing, Zhao Weihua, Beers David R, Henkel Jenny S, Appel Stanley H
Abstract excerpt
Neuroinflammation is a prominent pathological feature in the spinal cords of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as well as in transgenic mouse models of inherited ALS, and is characterized by activated microglia. Earlier studies showed that activated microglia play important roles in both motoneuron protection and injury. More recent studies investigating the pathoprogression of disease in ALS...
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