Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Brain milieu induces early microglial maturation through the BAX-Notch axis

  • Fangying Zhao,
  • Jiangyong He,
  • Jun Tang,
  • Nianfei Cui,
  • Yanyan Shi,
  • Zhifan Li,
  • Shengnan Liu,
  • Yazhou Wang,
  • Ming Ma,
  • Congjian Zhao,
  • Lingfei Luo,
  • Li Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33836-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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The mechanisms by which the brain milieu confers microglial development are not clear. Here, the authors show that the BAX-CaMKII-CREB-Notch signaling axis triggered by the neuronal milieu plays a role in early microglia maturation.