Microglia cannibalism during neurodevelopment results in necroptotic cell death.
Journal
PLoS biology
ISSN: 1545-7885
Titre abrégé: PLoS Biol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101183755
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2024
Oct 2024
Historique:
medline:
1
11
2024
pubmed:
1
11
2024
entrez:
31
10
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Clearance of dying neurons by microglia is critical to healthy neurodevelopment, but what else do microglia eat? A new study in PLOS Biology demonstrates that microglia not only eat neurons but each other, and that this "microglia cannibalism" causes necroptotic cell death.
Identifiants
pubmed: 39480876
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002869
pii: PBIOLOGY-D-24-02511
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Comment
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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Informations de copyright
Copyright: © 2024 Bennett, Bennett. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.