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Interferon regulatory factor 8/interferon consensus sequence binding protein is a critical transcription factor for the physiological phenotype of microglia.
Journal of neuroinflammation - 28 Sept 2012
Horiuchi Makoto, Wakayama Kouji, Itoh Aki, Kawai Kumi, Pleasure David, Ozato Keiko, Itoh Takayuki
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BACKGROUND: Recent fate-mapping studies establish that microglia, the resident mononuclear phagocytes of the CNS, are distinct in origin from the bone marrow-derived myeloid lineage. Interferon regulatory factor 8 (IRF8, also known as interferon consensus sequence binding protein) plays essential roles in development and function of the bone marrow-derived myeloid lineage. However, little is known about its roles...
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