Disease-Associated Microglia: A Universal Immune Sensor of Neurodegeneration

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NeurodegenerationMicrogliaBiologyNeuroscienceTREM2Mechanism (biology)Immune systemDiseaseCentral nervous systemNeuroinflammationNeuroimmunologyInflammationImmunologyMedicinePathology

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Year: 2018
Type: review
Volume: 173
Issue: 5
Pages: 1073-1081
Citations: 1314
Access: Closed

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                                    Aleksandra Deczkowska, 
                                
                                    Hadas Keren‐Shaul, 
                                
                                    Assaf Weiner
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Disease-Associated Microglia: A Universal Immune Sensor of Neurodegeneration. 
                            Cell
                            , 173
                            (5)
                            , 1073-1081.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.05.003
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.05.003