Microgliosis

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The presence of microglia in nervous tissue following injury

    "This suggests that this family of kinases, particularly Lyn due to its enrichment in immune cells [41 –43 ], may be attractive targets for novel anti-inflammatory drug development in AD. In this study, we characterize the ability of four novel Src family kinase inhibitors to attenuate microgliosis in vitro."

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"This suggests that this family of kinases, particularly Lyn due to its enrichment in immune cells [41 –43 ], may be attractive targets for novel anti-inflammatory drug development in AD. In this study, we characterize the ability of four novel Src family kinase inhibitors to attenuate microgliosis in vitro."

Etymology

From micro- + gliosis.

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