Glial Cells: Managers of Neuro-immunity

• Main Author: Gilles J. Guillemin (auth)
• Other Authors: Jeffrey M. Zirger (auth), Carlos Barcia (auth), James F. Curtin (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; astroglia; neuroimmunology; Neuroinflammation; T cells; glia; Microglia
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Immune responses within the brain are still scarcely explored. Nerve tissue damage is accompanied by the activation of glial cells, primarily microglia and astroglia, and such activation is responsible for the release of cytokines and chemokines that maintain the local inflammatory response and acti...