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Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volume 63, Issue 2, 31 December 1995, Pages 163-174
Journal of Neuroimmunology

Research paper
Mouse microglial cell lines differing in constitutive and interferon-γ-inducible antigen-presenting activities for naive and memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells

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Abstract

We developed a panel of non-virus transformed cell lines derived from individual microglial precursors residing in the brains of normal mice. These colony stimulating factor-1-dependent cell lines are B7-1 + (CD80), Mac-1 +, Mac-2+, Mac-3+, CD45+, MHC class I+, colony stimulating factor-1 receptor+, and they ingest antibody-coated particles. However, the cell lines differ in their expression of B7-2 (CD86), F4/80, Ly-6C and MHC class II molecules. They also differ in their ability to constitutively process and present antigens to naive CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, memory CD4+ and CD8+, and in the manner by which interferon γ modulates their antigen-presenting activities. These cell lines should be valuable as models for studies on the immunobiology of the microglia.

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