Conditional rod photoreceptor ablation revealsSall1as a microglial marker and regulator of microglial morphology in the retina

Microglial phagocytosis of living photoreceptors contributes to inherited retinal degeneration

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Resident microglia, rather than blood-derived macrophages, contribute to the earlier and more pronounced inflammatory reaction in the immature compared with the adult hippocampus after hypoxia-ischemia

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Next generation transcriptomics and genomics elucidate biological complexity of microglia in health and disease

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The SLC7A7 Transporter Identifies Microglial Precursors prior to Entry into the Brain

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Tissue-Resident Macrophage Enhancer Landscapes Are Shaped by the Local Microenvironment

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What is microglia neurotoxicity (Not)?

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Genetic targeting of microglia

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Suppression of Microglial Activation Is Neuroprotective in a Mouse Model of Human Retinitis Pigmentosa

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Tissue-resident macrophages originate from yolk-sac-derived erythro-myeloid progenitors

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CCR2+monocytes infiltrate atrophic lesions in age-related macular disease and mediate photoreceptor degeneration in experimental subretinal inflammation inCx3cr1deficient mice

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Microglia emerge from erythromyeloid precursors via Pu.1- and Irf8-dependent pathways

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Identification of a unique TGF-β–dependent molecular and functional signature in microglia

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Retinitis pigmentosa: rapid neurodegeneration is governed by slow cell death mechanisms

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TopHat2: accurate alignment of transcriptomes in the presence of insertions, deletions and gene fusions

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Musashi1-CreERT2: A new cre line for conditional mutagenesis in neural stem cells

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The “quad-partite” synapse: Microglia-synapse interactions in the developing and mature CNS

(2012) Dorothy P. Schafer et al.   GLIA

Regulation of microglia development and homeostasis

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The retina as a window to the brain—from eye research to CNS disorders

(2012) Anat London et al.   Nature Reviews Neurology

Differential Ly-6C expression identifies the recruited macrophage phenotype, which orchestrates the regression of murine liver fibrosis

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Genome-wide characterization of transcriptional start sites in humans by integrative transcriptome analysis

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Pax6-positive müller glia cells express cell cycle markers but do not proliferate after photoreceptor injury in the mouse retina

(2011) Sandrine Joly et al.   GLIA

Neuroprotection and progenitor cell renewal in the injured adult murine retina requires healing monocyte-derived macrophages

(2011) Anat London et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Infiltrating monocytes trigger EAE progression, but do not contribute to the resident microglia pool

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Heterogeneity of CNS myeloid cells and their roles in neurodegeneration

(2011) Marco Prinz et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

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Photoreceptor degeneration: genetic and mechanistic dissection of a complex trait

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The Norrin/Frizzled4 signaling pathway in retinal vascular development and disease

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Sall genes regulate region-specific morphogenesis in the mouse limb by modulating Hox activities

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Activation of Bone Marrow-Derived Microglia Promotes Photoreceptor Survival in Inherited Retinal Degeneration

(2008) Manabu Sasahara et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Musashi-1, an RNA-binding protein, is indispensable for survival of photoreceptors

(2008) Kanako Susaki et al.   EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH