Reactive microglia in multiple sclerosis lesions have an increased expression of receptors for the Fc part of IgG.

Explore this paper's citation graph

Summary

The FcR on microglia and perivascular macrophages may be of functional importance in antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC), phagocytosis, and local immunoregulation, and F cR on endothelium May be of importance in binding and transportation of immune complexes into the CNS.

Type
article
Published
1994-02-01
Cited by
176
References
21

Keywords

Microglia, CD64, Monoclonal antibody, Immunoperoxidase, CD16

References

Cited by

Related papers