From blood to brain: Amoeboid microglial cell, a nascent macrophage and its functions in developing brain

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1087-1096

  Kaur, Charanjit ^a   Dheen, S Thameem ^a   Ling, Eng Ang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amoeboid microglial cells; Developing brain; Functions

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; COLCHICINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; ENDOTHELIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MELATONIN; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; RETINOIC ACID; SOMATOMEDIN; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DRUG RESPONSE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; INTERNALIZATION; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BRAIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MACROPHAGES; MICROGLIA; NITRIC OXIDE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 34547590879     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2007.00625.x     Document Type: Review

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