Communications Biology (Nov 2022)

Development of microglia-targeting adeno-associated viral vectors as tools to study microglial behavior in vivo

  • Yukihiro Okada,
  • Nobutake Hosoi,
  • Yasunori Matsuzaki,
  • Yuuki Fukai,
  • Akito Hiraga,
  • Junichi Nakai,
  • Keisuke Nitta,
  • Yoichiro Shinohara,
  • Ayumu Konno,
  • Hirokazu Hirai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04200-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Microglia-targeting AAV vectors are created which can be utilized to study microglial pathophysiology and microglia-targeted therapies in mice, especially in the regions of striatum and cerebellar cortex.