Entry, dispersion and differentiation of microglia in the developing central nervous system
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Navascués Martínez, Julio; Calvente Iglesias, Ruth; Marín-Teva, José Luis; Cuadros Ojeda, Miguel ÁngelEditorial
Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Materia
Microglia Hematopoietic lineage Meninges Migration Proliferation
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2000Referencia bibliográfica
Navascués, J.; et al. Entry, dispersion and differentiation of microglia in the developing central nervous system. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 72(1): 91-102 (2000). [http://hdl.handle.net/10481/31911]
Resumen
Microglial cells within the developing central nervous system (CNS) originate from mesodermic precursors of hematopoietic lineage that enter the nervous parenchyma from the meninges, ventricular space and/or blood stream. Once in the nervous parenchyma, microglial cells increase in number and disperse throughout the CNS; these cells finally differentiate to become fully ramified microglial cells. In this article we review present knowledge on these phases of microglial development and the factors that probably influence them.