Microglia and macrophages in brain homeostasis and disease

Nature Reviews Immunology 18, 225 (2018). doi:10.1038/nri.2017.125 Authors: Qingyun Li & Ben A. Barres Microglia and non-parenchymal macrophages in the brain are mononuclear phagocytes that are increasingly recognized to be essential players in the development, homeostasis and diseases of the central nervous system. With the availability of new genetic, molecular and pharmacological tools, considerable advances have been made towards
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