 Microglia
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The third type of glial cell, along with astrocytes and oligodendrocytes (which together form the macroglia). Microglia vary in appearance depending on developmental stage, functional state, and anatomical location; subtype terms include ramified, perivascular, ameboid, resting, and activated. Microglia clearly are capable of phagocytosis and play an important role in a wide spectrum of neuropathologies. They have also been suggested to act in several other roles including in secretion (e.g., of cytokines and neural growth factors), in immunological processing (e.g., antigen presentation), and in central nervous system development and remodeling.
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D017628
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.637.400 A11.650.400
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Dang MT, Gonzalez MV, Gaonkar KS, Rathi KS, Young P, Arif S, Zhai L, Alam Z, Devalaraja S, To TKJ, Folkert IW, Raman P, Rokita JL, Martinez D, Taroni JN, Shapiro JA, Greene CS, Savonen C, Mafra F, Hakonarson H, Curran T, Haldar M. Macrophages in SHH subgroup medulloblastoma display dynamic heterogeneity that varies with treatment modality. Cell Rep. 2021 03 30; 34(13):108917.
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Ke X, Fu Q, Majnik A, Cohen S, Liu Q, Lane R. Adverse early life environment induces anxiety-like behavior and increases expression of FKBP5 mRNA splice variants in mouse brain. Physiol Genomics. 2018 11 01; 50(11):973-981.
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Cohen S, Ke X, Liu Q, Fu Q, Majnik A, Lane R. Adverse early life environment increases hippocampal microglia abundance in conjunction with decreased neural stem cells in juvenile mice. Int J Dev Neurosci. 2016 Dec; 55:56-65.
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