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The Kaleidoscope of Microglial Phenotypes.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2018
Dubbelaar Marissa L, Kracht Laura, Eggen Bart J L, Boddeke Erik W G M
Abstract excerpt
Gene expression analyses of microglia, the tissue-resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS), led to the identification of homeostatic as well as neurological disease-specific gene signatures of microglial phenotypes. Upon alterations in the neural microenvironment, either caused by local insults from within the CNS (during neurodegenerative diseases) or by macroenvironmental incidents, such as...
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