Microglia in the immune surveillance of the brain: Human microglia constitutively express HLA-DR molecules

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 189-198

  Gehrmann, Jochen ^a   Banati, Richard B ^a   Kreutzberg, Georg W ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antigen presentation; Brain inflammation; Choroid plexus; Multiple sclerosis; Perivascular cells

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MALE; MICROGLIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROGLIA; MIDDLE AGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027139705     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0165-5728(93)90191-Z     Document Type: Article

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