Microglial inhibitory factor (MIF/TKP) mitigates secondary damage following spinal cord injury
Spinal cord injury (SCI) induces an immune response during which microglia, the resident immunocompetent cells of the central nervous system, become activated and migrate to the site of damage. Depending on their state of activation, microglia secrete neurotoxic or neurotrophic factors that influenc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012-09-01
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| Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096999611200174X |