Clearing the corpses: regulatory mechanisms, novel tools, and therapeutic potential of harnessing microglial phagocytosis in the diseased brain
Apoptosis is a widespread phenomenon that occurs in the brain in both physiological and pathological conditions. Dead cells must be quickly removed to avoid the further toxic effects they exert in the parenchyma, a process executed by microglia, the brain professional phagocytes. Although phagocytos...
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Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2016-01-01
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Series: | Neural Regeneration Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.nrronline.org/article.asp?issn=1673-5374;year=2016;volume=11;issue=10;spage=1533;epage=1539;aulast=Diaz-Aparicio |