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Detection of MicroRNAs in Microglia by Real-time PCR in Normal CNS and During Neuroinflammation
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Taming of macrophage and microglial cell activation by microRNA-124
Ashley T Conrad1, Bonnie N Dittel
1BloodCenter of Wisconsin, Blood Research Institute, P.O. Box 2178, Milwaukee, WI 53201-2178, USA.
Cell Research
|January 12, 2011
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