A Binary Cre Transgenic Approach Dissects Microglia and CNS Border-Associated Macrophages

Jung Seok Kim, Masha Kolesnikov, Shany Peled-Hajaj, Isabelle Scheyltjens, Yuan Xia, Sebastien Trzebanski, Zhana Haimon, Anat Shemer, Alisa Lubart, Hannah Van Hove, Louise Chappell-Maor, Sigalit Boura-Halfon, Kiavash Movahedi, Pablo Blinder, Steffen Jung*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The brain harbors both parenchymal microglia and perivascular macrophages, individual functions of which remain incompletely understood. Kim et al. establish a binary transgenic split Cre system that allows differential targeting and translatome analysis of these cells in the mouse.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)176-190.e7
JournalImmunity
Volume54
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Jan 2021

Funding

FundersFunder number
Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation
Roland N. Karlen Foundation
American Brain Foundation
European Research CouncilERC 340345
Minerva Foundation
Deutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftCRC/TRR167
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
Israel Science Foundation887/11
InnovirisBB2B 2015-2

    Keywords

    • Lyve1 BAM
    • RiboTag
    • binary transgenic
    • brain macrophages
    • intersectional genetics
    • meninges
    • microglia
    • perivascular macrophages
    • pia mater
    • split cre

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