Microglia: Immune and non-immune functions

• Published in: Immunity (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 54; no. 10; pp. 2194 - 2208
• Main Authors: Borst, Katharina, Dumas, Anaelle Aurelie, Prinz, Marco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 12.10.2021

As resident macrophages of the central nervous system (CNS), microglia are associated with diverse functions essential to the developing and adult brain during homeostasis and disease. They are aided in their tasks by intricate bidirectional communication with other brain cells under steady-state co...