Brain microglia: Watchdogs with pedigree

Neumann, Harald; Wekerle, Hartmut

doi:10.1038/nn.3338

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Brain microglia: Watchdogs with pedigree

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Wekerle, Hartmut
Emeritus Group: Neuroimmunology / Wekerle, MPI of Neurobiology, Max Planck Society;

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Neumann, H., & Wekerle, H. (2013). Brain microglia: Watchdogs with pedigree. Nature Neuroscience, 16(3), 253-255. doi:10.1038/nn.3338.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-000E-EDCA-4

Abstract

Microglia have been regarded as the tissue macrophages of the brain. A study now finds that microglia are quite distinct from blood-borne macrophages and derive from an erythromyeloid precursor cell of the embryonic hematopoiesis.