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  • adjective Of or pertaining to microglia

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Examples

  • I suggested Chris speak to researchers doing some interesting work coming out of Harvard (Herbert et al) and Johns Hopkins (Vargas et al) in terms of autistic brain tissue and oxidative stress, chronic neuroinflammation, autoimmunity, microglial activation, etc.

    David Kirby: Discover Magazine Ignores Much of Vaccine-Autism Story 2009

  • The effect of luteolin on microglial cell culture was studied under laboratory conditions using plasma extracts from mice.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • The study involved mouse brain tissue where Poulose and his colleague investigated the microglial functions.

    THE MEDICAL NEWS 2010

  • LMP2 subunit and PA28-αβ are expressed in different cell types, including oligodendrocytes, macrophages and microglial cells in MS brains.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michele Mishto et al. 2010

  • At certain brain levels in primates, organic mercury has been shown to cause fairly widespread activation of microglial cells and some reduction in astrocytic cells.

    Autism Hub Kathleen 2010

  • We showed that the main producers of myelin sheets, i.e. the oligodendrocytes, as well as the macrophages/microglial cells, which express PA28-αβ

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michele Mishto et al. 2010

  • Recognition of a virion component at the cell surface can activate signaling through TLR2 in microglial cells

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Christopher R. Cotter et al. 2010

  • Furthermore, we performed IHC double staining with Abs anti-CD68 (marker of microglial cells and macrophages) and anti-LMP2

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Michele Mishto et al. 2010

  • The results indicate a reduction in astroglial reaction, a maintenance of microglial reactivity, and increases in synaptic covering of, and survival of, motoneurons in the VRA+EAE group as compared to VRA alone.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Roberta Barbizan 2010

  • Arimoto T, Bing G (2003) Up-regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase in the substantia nigra by lipopolysaccharide causes microglial activation and neurodegeneration.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2009

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