Microglia actions in Alzheimer's disease

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 461-477

  Prokop, Stefan ^a   Miller, Kelly R ^a   Heppner, Frank L ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activation; Alzheimer's disease; Cellular senescence; Microglia; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN ANTIBODY; CD33 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR2; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CX3CR1; CRYOPYRIN; FRACTALKINE; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 23; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; BLEEDING; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL AGING; CELL FUNCTION; EDEMA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL MYELOID CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TREM2 GENE; VACCINATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ALZHEIMER VACCINES; AMYLOID BETA-PEPTIDES; ANIMALS; CELL AGING; HUMANS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MICROGLIA; MYELOID CELLS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84885444054     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-013-1182-x     Document Type: Review

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