Characterizing the role of secretory phospholipase A₂ group IIA in glial cell-mediated neurotoxicity

Microglia are a type of non-neuronal glial cell that represent the mononuclear phagocyte system and innate immunity in the central nervous system. Astrocytes are another glial cell type. Under pathological circumstances, both glia types are capable of sustaining chronic inflammation in the brain, wh...

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Main Author: Villanueva, Erika Bianca
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/33425