| Literature DB >> 20305648 |
Martin Fuhrmann1, Tobias Bittner, Christian K E Jung, Steffen Burgold, Richard M Page, Gerda Mitteregger, Christian Haass, Frank M LaFerla, Hans Kretzschmar, Jochen Herms.
Abstract
Microglia, the immune cells of the brain, can have a beneficial effect in Alzheimer's disease by phagocytosing amyloid-beta. Two-photon in vivo imaging of neuron loss in the intact brain of living Alzheimer's disease mice revealed an involvement of microglia in neuron elimination, indicated by locally increased number and migration velocity of microglia around lost neurons. Knockout of the microglial chemokine receptor Cx3cr1, which is critical in neuron-microglia communication, prevented neuron loss.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20305648 PMCID: PMC4072212 DOI: 10.1038/nn.2511
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Neurosci ISSN: 1097-6256 Impact factor: 24.884