Cerebral Microglia Recruit Monocytes into the Brain in Response to Tumor Necrosis Factorα Signaling during Peripheral Organ Inflammation

This work was supported by an operating grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to M.G.S. C.D. is supported through the Canadian Liver Foundation and the CIHR training program. M.G.S. is an Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research Senior Scholar. We thank the following individuals for their assistance with this manuscript: Dr. Maureen Ajuebor (Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA) for assistance with developing the cerebral cell isolation techniques; Dr. Dave Stirling (University of Calgary) for assistance with the immunohistochemistry; and Laurie Kennedy and Laurie Robertson (University of Calgary Flow Cytometry Core laboratory) for their help with the flow cytometry analyses.