Primary phagocytosis of neurons by inflamed microglia: Potential roles in neurodegeneration

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 3 FEB, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Neher, Jonas J ^a   Neniskyte, Urte ^a   Brown, Guy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Lactadherinreactive oxygen and nitrogen species; MFG E8; Microglia; Neurodegeneration; Phagocytosis; Phosphatidylserine

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN 60; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CX3CR1; FRACTALKINE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PHAGOCYTOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HOST CELL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84862334971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2012.00027     Document Type: Article

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