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Signaling Pathways Controlling Microglia Chemotaxis.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Fan, Y; Xie, L; Chung, CY
Published in: Molecules and cells
March 2017

Microglia are the primary resident immune cells of the central nervous system (CNS). They are the first line of defense of the brain's innate immune response against infection, injury, and diseases. Microglia respond to extracellular signals and engulf unwanted neuronal debris by phagocytosis, thereby maintaining normal cellular homeostasis in the CNS. Pathological stimuli such as neuronal injury induce transformation and activation of resting microglia with ramified morphology into a motile amoeboid form and activated microglia chemotax toward lesion site. This review outlines the current research on microglial activation and chemotaxis.

Published In

Molecules and cells

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EISSN

0219-1032

ISSN

1016-8478

Publication Date

March 2017

Volume

40

Issue

3

Start / End Page

163 / 168

Related Subject Headings

  • Signal Transduction
  • Microglia
  • Humans
  • Chemotaxis
  • Central Nervous System
  • Cell Movement
  • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Animals
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
  • 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology
 

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Fan, Y., Xie, L., & Chung, C. Y. (2017). Signaling Pathways Controlling Microglia Chemotaxis. Molecules and Cells, 40(3), 163–168. https://doi.org/10.14348/molcells.2017.0011
Fan, Yang, Lirui Xie, and Chang Y. Chung. “Signaling Pathways Controlling Microglia Chemotaxis.Molecules and Cells 40, no. 3 (March 2017): 163–68. https://doi.org/10.14348/molcells.2017.0011.
Fan Y, Xie L, Chung CY. Signaling Pathways Controlling Microglia Chemotaxis. Molecules and cells. 2017 Mar;40(3):163–8.
Fan, Yang, et al. “Signaling Pathways Controlling Microglia Chemotaxis.Molecules and Cells, vol. 40, no. 3, Mar. 2017, pp. 163–68. Epmc, doi:10.14348/molcells.2017.0011.
Fan Y, Xie L, Chung CY. Signaling Pathways Controlling Microglia Chemotaxis. Molecules and cells. 2017 Mar;40(3):163–168.

Published In

Molecules and cells

DOI

EISSN

0219-1032

ISSN

1016-8478

Publication Date

March 2017

Volume

40

Issue

3

Start / End Page

163 / 168

Related Subject Headings

  • Signal Transduction
  • Microglia
  • Humans
  • Chemotaxis
  • Central Nervous System
  • Cell Movement
  • Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • Animals
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
  • 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology