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Janus-faced microglia: beneficial and detrimental consequences of microglial phagocytosis

Microglia are the resident brain macrophages and they have been traditionally studied as orchestrators of the brain inflammatory response during infections and disease. In addition, microglia has a more benign, less explored role as the brain professional phagocytes. Phagocytosis is a term coined fr...

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Autores principales: Sierra, Amanda, Abiega, Oihane, Shahraz, Anahita, Neumann, Harald
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3558702/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23386811
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2013.00006