Macrophage and microglia ontogeny in the mouse visual system can be traced by the expression of Cathepsins B and D

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 240, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1841-1855

  Bejarano Escobar, Ruth ^a   Holguín Arévalo, María Salud ^a   Montero, Juan Antonio ^b   Francisco Morcillo, Javier ^a   Martín Partido, Gervasio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cathepsin; Cell death; Development; Differentiation; In situ hybridization; Macrophage; Microglia; Optic pathways; Retina; TUNEL technique; Visual system

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS; MACROPHAGE; MESENCHYME; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NEURAL TUBE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OUTER NUCLEAR LAYER; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA CELL; STEM CELL; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICROGLIA; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79958795091     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22673     Document Type: Article

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