| Title : Phagocytosis of polystyrene latex beads by rat brain microglia cell cultures is increased by treatment with gangliosides - Bocchini_1988_Dev.Neurosci_10_270 |
| Author(s) : Bocchini V , Artault JC , Rebel G , Dreyfus H , Massarelli R |
| Ref : Developmental Neuroscience , 10 :270 , 1988 |
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Abstract :
Cultures of microglial cells were prepared from primary rat brain cultures of astrocytes. Microglia appeared under two main forms: ameboid and ramified. Only the former were capable of ingesting opsonized latex particles of 1 and 6 micron; while the latter, which appeared later in culture, were not capable of phagocytosis. When gangliosides (10(-6) M), which are known for their neuronotrophic capacity in vitro, were added to the growth medium (for 20 min) they stimulated the phagocytosis of ameboid microglia 2-fold. |
| PubMedSearch : Bocchini_1988_Dev.Neurosci_10_270 |
| PubMedID: 3224565 |
Bocchini V, Artault JC, Rebel G, Dreyfus H, Massarelli R (1988)
Phagocytosis of polystyrene latex beads by rat brain microglia cell cultures is increased by treatment with gangliosides
Developmental Neuroscience
10 :270
Bocchini V, Artault JC, Rebel G, Dreyfus H, Massarelli R (1988)
Developmental Neuroscience
10 :270