Clearing the corpses: Regulatory mechanisms, novel tools, and therapeutic potential of harnessing microglial phagocytosis in the diseased brain

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1533-1539

  Diaz Aparicio, Irune ^a,b   Beccari, Sol ^a,b   Abiega, Oihane ^a,b   Sierra, Amanda ^a,b,c  

^a ACHUCARRO BASQUE CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Brain diseases; Epilepsy; Impairment; Inflammation; Microglia; Neurodegeneration; Neuroinflammation; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; FRACTALKINE; INTERLEUKIN 34; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EPILEPSY; EXCITOTOXICITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 84994884857     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.193220     Document Type: Review

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