In Situ dividing and phagocytosing retinal microglia express Nestin, Vimentin, and NG2 In Vivo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Wohl, Stefanie G ^a,c   Schmeer, Christian W ^a   Friese, Thomas ^a   Witte, Otto W ^a   Isenmann, Stefan ^a,b,c  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN IBA1; CD11B ANTIGEN; DOUBLECORTIN; FLUOROGOLD; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NESTIN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE NG2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; ANTIGEN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN 4; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL LABELING; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA MICROGLIA; RETINA NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; METABOLISM; MICROGLIA; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROGLIA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEOGLYCANS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; VIMENTIN;

EID: 79961157898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022408     Document Type: Article

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