Microglia in Health and Disease: A Unique Immune Cell Population

• Main Author: Michel Mittelbronn (auth)
• Other Authors: Diego Gomez-Nicola (auth), Alessandro Michelucci (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; inflammation; brain tumour; neurodegeneration; microglia; ontogeny
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Microglia are essential for the development and function of the adult brain. Their ontogeny, together with the absence of turnover from the periphery and the singular environment of the central nervous system (CNS), make microglia a unique cell population compared to other tissue-macrophages. The un...