Generation and Characterization of Immortalized Human Microglial Cell Lines: Expression of Cytokines and Chemokines
Microglia are a major glial component of the central nervous system (CNS), play a critical role as resident immunocompetent and phagocytic cells in the CNS, and serve as scavenger cells in the event of infection, inflammation, trauma, ischemia, and neurodegeneration in the CNS. Studies of human micr...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2001-12-01
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| Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996101904371 |