Front Line of Microglia Research
2nd review: Origin of microglia and brain diseases
This article was written by Dr. Kazuyuki Takata, Division of Integrated Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University.
Microglia are tissue macrophages in the central nervous system (CNS) (i.e., brain and spinal cord) and play a frontline role in CNS immunity. With its unique developmental mode and biology being revea...