Papain Affects the Percentage and Morphology of Microglia in Hippocampal Neuron–Glial Cultures

<b>Background.</b> Microglia, accounting for 5–15% of total brain cells, represent an essential population of glial cells in the cultures used for modeling neuroinflammation in vitro. However, microglia proliferation is poor in neuron–glial cultures. Here, we studied the population compo...

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Published in:	Brain Sciences
Main Authors:	Ivan A. Tumozov, Valentina N. Mal’tseva, Sergei A. Maiorov, Artem M. Kosenkov, Sergei G. Gaidin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2025-04-01
Subjects:	microglia triculture papain CDr20 intracellular Ca<sup>2+</sup> concentration Iba1
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/15/5/442