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A polarizing question: do M1 and M2 microglia exist?

Nature neuroscience - 26 Jul 2016

Ransohoff Richard M

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Microglial research has entered a fertile, dynamic phase characterized by novel technologies including two-photon imaging, whole-genome transcriptomic and epigenomic analysis with complementary bioinformatics, unbiased proteomics, cytometry by time of flight (CyTOF; Fluidigm) cytometry, and complex high-content experimental models including slice culture and zebrafish. Against this vivid background of newly...

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PMID: 27459405
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4338

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