Absence of colony stimulation factor-1 receptor results in loss of microglia, disrupted brain development and olfactory deficits.

The brain contains numerous mononuclear phagocytes called microglia. These cells express the transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor for the macrophage growth factor colony stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1R). Using a CSF-1R-GFP reporter mouse strain combined with lineage defining antibody staining we show...

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Main Authors: Bryna Erblich, Liyin Zhu, Anne M Etgen, Kostantin Dobrenis, Jeffrey W Pollard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0026317&type=printable
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