A Human Microglial Atlas (IMAGE)

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine

A Human Microglial Atlas

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Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai analyzed the genetic activity of thousands human microglia, the brain’s immune cells. Their results support the idea that microglia may play critical roles some brain disease.

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Courtesy of Raj and de Witte labs, Mount Sinai, N.Y., N.Y.

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