ALS Macrophages (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

ALS Macrophages

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In the ALS spinal cord, a patient's own immune cells called macrophages (green) impact neurons (live neurons =red, which are also marked by an asterisk (*), and dead neurons = magenta that are marked by an arrow.

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University of California, Los Angeles

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