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CC Chemokine Receptor 2 Deficiency Aggravates Cognitive Impairments and Amyloid Pathology in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

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

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CD11c-expressing cells reside in the juxtavascular parenchyma and extend processes into the glia limitans of the mouse nervous system

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TGF-β Signaling Specifies Axons during Brain Development

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Microglia in the degenerating brain are capable of phagocytosis of beads and of apoptotic cells, but do not efficiently remove PrPSc, even upon LPS stimulation

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Inflammatory mechanisms in ischemic stroke: role of inflammatory cells

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The myeloid cells of the central nervous system parenchyma

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Microglial Cx3cr1 knockout prevents neuron loss in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

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Ex vivo cultures of microglia from young and aged rodent brain reveal age-related changes in microglial function

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Selective Chemokine Receptor Usage by Central Nervous System Myeloid Cells in CCR2-Red Fluorescent Protein Knock-In Mice

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Fate Mapping Analysis Reveals That Adult Microglia Derive from Primitive Macrophages

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Microglial Physiology: Unique Stimuli, Specialized Responses

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Microglia and Microglia-Like Cell Differentiated from DC Inhibit CD4 T Cell Proliferation

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Bone-marrow-derived microglia: myth or reality?

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CD11c/EYFP transgene illuminates a discrete network of dendritic cells within the embryonic, neonatal, adult, and injured mouse brain

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From bone marrow to microglia: barriers and avenues

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