Creative Bioarray

creative bioarray - Human Microglia (HM)

Microglia, one of the glial cell types in the CNS, is an important integral component of neuro-glial cell network. They have been observed in the brain parenchyma from the early stage of development to the mature state. Human Microglia (HM) act as brain macrophages when programmed cell death occurs during brain development or when the CNS is injured or pathologically damaged. Microglia can be considered as the main cell in brain immune surveillance, can present antigens in the molecular context of MHC class II expression to CD-4 positive T cells, are capable of Fc-mediated phagocytosis, and share many common antigens with hemopoietic and tissue macrophages.