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Microglia development follows a stepwise program to regulate brain homeostasis
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Microglia development follows a stepwise program: Microglia are cells that defend the central nervous system. However, because they migrate into the brain during development, the changes that they undergo, including those that affect gene expression, have been difficult to document. Matcovitch-Natan et al. transcriptionally profiled gene expression and analyzed epigenetic signatures of microglia at the single-cell level in the early postnatal life of mice. They identified three stages of microglia development, which are characterized by gene expression and linked with chromatin changes, occurring in sync with the developing brain. Furthermore, they showed that the proper development of microglia is affected by the microbiome. Science , this issue p. 789
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Metadata
- Authors
- Matcovitch-Natan, O., Winter, D. R., Giladi, A., Vargas Aguilar, S., Spinrad, A., Sarrazin, S., Ben-Yehuda, H., David, E., Zelada González, F., Perrin, P., Keren-Shaul, H., Gury, M., Lara-Astaiso, D., Thaiss, C. A., Cohen, M., Bahar Halpern, K., Baruch, K., Deczkowska, A., Lorenzo-Vivas, E., Itzkovitz, S., Elinav, E., Sieweke, M. H., Schwartz, M., & Amit, I.
- Affiliations
- Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
- Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML), Université Aix-Marseille, UM2, Campus de Luminy, Marseille, France.
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
- Department of Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
- Corresponding author
- Matcovitch-Natan, Orit
- Winter, Deborah R.
- Sieweke, Michael H.
- Schwartz, Michal
- Amit, Ido
- ORCID
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2016-08-19
- Volume
- 353
- Issue
- 6301
- Pages
- aad8670-aad8670
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W2468501494
- Cited by
- 1,180
- References
- 82
- Citations by year
- 2026: 76 · 2025: 111 · 2024: 119 · 2023: 105 · 2022: 144 · 2021: 145 · 2020: 143 · 2019: 117 · 2018: 119 · 2017: 84 · 2016: 17
- FWCI
- 61.54
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- HAL (submittedVersion)
- MDC Repository (Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- European Research Council (309788)
- Israeli Science Foundation (1782/11)
- European Commission Seventh Framework Programme (EC FP7)
- Ernest and Bonnie Beutler Research Program of Excellence in Genomic Medicine
- Minerva Stiftung
- Israeli Ministry of Science, Technology and Space
- David and Fela Shapell Family Foundation
- National Human Genome Research Institute Center for Excellence in Genome Science (1P50HG006193)
- Alan and Laraine Fischer Career Development Chair
- Advanced European Research Council (232835)
- EC FP7 HEALTH-2011 (279017)
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR BLAN07-1_205752, ANR-11-BSV3-026-01)
- Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale (20071210559, 20110421320)
- InCA (13-10/405/AB-LC-HS)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
- Keywords
- microglia development, brain homeostasis, MAFB, chromatin regulation, single-cell transcriptomics, microbiome, prenatal immune activation, neurodevelopmental disorders, immune pathways, myeloid cells
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Blood-Brain Barrier, Brain, Chromatin, Female, Homeostasis, Immunity, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Microglia, Mice, Knockout, Gene Expression Profiling, Myeloid Cells, Histone Code, Epigenesis, Genetic, MafB Transcription Factor, Mice, Neurogenesis, Gene Knockout Techniques, Single-Cell Analysis
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