Use of astrocyte-microglial cocultures to examine the regulatory influence of astrocytes on microglial activation

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 814, Issue , 2012, Pages 367-380

  Welser, Jennifer V ^a   Milner, Richard ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Coculture; Flow cytometry; Integrins; Mac 1; MHC class I; Microglia; Mixed glial culture

Indexed keywords

ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTEGRIN ALPHA4; MACROPHAGE-1 ANTIGEN; MICE; MICROGLIA;

EID: 84855923030     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-452-0_24     Document Type: Article

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