Age-dependent changes in the activation and regulation of microglia

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 949, Issue , 2016, Pages 205-226

  Cornejo, Francisca ^a   von Bernhardi, Rommy ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aging; Cytokines; Microglia; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neuroinflammation; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CX3CR1; F4 80 PROTEIN; FC RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE PHOSPHATASE 1; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 1; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 7; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOKINE; HISTONE; I KAPPA B KINASE; TELOMERE BINDING PROTEIN; TERF2IP PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DETERIORATION; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; EPIGENETICS; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AGED; BIOSYNTHESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENETICS; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOKINES; DNA METHYLATION; HISTONES; HUMANS; I-KAPPA B KINASE; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TELOMERE-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84991340933     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: 22148019     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40764-7_10     Document Type: Article

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