Remember when I posted about that pink cell lady a while ago? Well, I gave her a bit of a makeover~

Everybody say hello to...
🌷~ Gidget Microglia ~🌷

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🧠ニューロン、アストロサイト、ミクログリア、オリゴデンドロサイトの写真を並べてみました😉✨
どの細胞もいろいろな機能を持っているし、見た目も綺麗ですよね(^-^)
世界中の神経科学者が魅せられるのも納得です🤔

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Microglia (our immune system cells) looks like beholders

We each have a private hoard of tiny beholders roving around & viciously attacking anything without a multipass

A recent tango with covid had me feeling into battles all through my bod

BEHOLDERS ATTTAAAACKKKKK

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Made something new - Microglia in Spring inspired by the beautiful spring that just passed! Available as 4K wallpapers for free download! Check out the entire series here https://t.co/Oth187UGzI

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Wondering how C9orf72 repeat expansion could contribute to the pathogenesis of multiple neurodegenerative diseases? Altering microglial function

deficiency promotes microglial-mediated synaptic loss in aging & amyloid accumulation https://t.co/fsfGrwdNMk

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A new study by Colombo A et al. (Sabina Tahirovic's lab) shows using a proteomic approach that loss of NPC1 in cells leads to enhanced phagocytic uptake and I'm paired lipid trafficking.

https://t.co/oWanfwKOpQ

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In a new APP knock-in mouse, plaques abound, neurites swell, tau/NfL collect in the CSF. Microglia bloat with lipids and rev up disease-associated gene transcription. The mice will be available for unrestricted use https://t.co/7O6JXF7EYs

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The new June issue of Science is out! Learn about how microglia can help prohibit viral invasion of the what constitutes the body's defense against oral thrush, and more to come: https://t.co/686yNTLxqG

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Microglial cells migrate into the peripheral nerves in response to spinal root injury, clear away cellular debris at the injury site, then carry them back into the spinal cord https://t.co/SRNyjKJUfT

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Day 5 of : detail or close up. Here's a closeup of one of my microglia hoops!

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