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Microglia are a type of
glial cell
located throughout the
brain and
spinal cord of the
central nervous system (CNS).
Microglia account for
about 10–15%...
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Microglia are the
primary immune cells of the
central nervous system,
similar to
peripheral macrophages. They
respond to
pathogens and
injury by changing...
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hypertrophy of
several different types of
glial cells,
including astrocytes,
microglia, and oligodendrocytes. In its most
extreme form, the
proliferation ****ociated...
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oligodendrocytes (that
produce myelin), astrocytes,
ependymal cells and
microglia, and in the
peripheral nervous system they
include Schwann cells (that...
- the
central nervous system (CNS),
including the
brain and
spinal cord,
microglia are the
resident innate immune cells that are
activated in
response to...
- at
Boston Children’s Hospital. She has
helped to
identify the role of
microglia and
complement proteins in the "pruning" or
removal of
synaptic cells...
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these extrinsic cues for
microglia, and
microglia themselves may
produce proteins that
amplify the response. The
effect of
microglia on
neurons that leads...
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pancreatic stellate cells,
dendritic cells, oligodendrocytes, and others.
Microglia,
which are
notably smaller than macroglia, can also
extend their end-processes...
- such as monocytes, macrophages, osteoclasts,
myeloid dendritic cells,
microglia, and
Paneth cells. CSF1R
expression is
controlled by two
alternative promoters...
- ATP has been
shown to be a
critically important signalling molecule for
microglia -
neuron interactions in the
adult brain, as well as
during brain development...
