Characterization of microglial cells and their response to stimulation in an organotypic retinal culture system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 431, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 217-227

  Mertsch, Katharina ^a   Hanisch, Uwe Karsten ^a,b   Helmut Kettenmann, Jutta Schnitzer ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b Zellulre Neurowissenschaften   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glial activation; IL 6; LPS; MCP 1; TNF

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; INTERLEUKIN 6; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LECTIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MICROGLIA; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CAPILLARIES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROGLIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035809831     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9861(20010305)431:2<217::AID-CNE1066>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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