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Differences in the distribution, phenotype and gene expression of subretinal microglia/macrophages in C57BL/6N (Crb1 rd8/rd8) versus C57BL6/J (Crb1 wt/wt) mice.
Journal of neuroinflammation - 15 Jan 2015
Aredo Bogale, Zhang Kaiyan, Chen Xiao, Wang Cynthia Xin-Zhao, Li Tao, Ufret-Vincenty Rafael L
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BACKGROUND: Microglia/macrophages (MG/MΦ) are found in the subretinal space in both mice and humans. Our goal was to study the spatial and temporal distribution, the phenotype, and gene expression of subretinal MG/MΦ in mice with normal retinas and compare them to mice with known retinal pathology. METHODS: We studied C57BL/6 mice with (C57BL/6N), or without (C57BL/6J) the rd8 mutation in the Crb1 gene (which, in...
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