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. 2016 Jul 25;38(2):120-1.
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2016.07.004.

A Death Trap for Microglia

Xu-Fei Du  1 , Jiu-Lin Du  2
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A Death Trap for Microglia

Xu-Fei Du et al. Dev Cell. .
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Abstract

Microglia, immune cells of the brain, originate from erythromyeloid precursors, far from the central nervous system. Xu et al. (2016) in this issue of Developmental Cell and Casano et al. (2016) recently in Cell Reports show that apoptotic neurons act as bait to "trap" microglia into colonizing the developing brain.

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