Interferon Response (IMAGE)

The Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University

Interferon Response

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Representative confocal microscope image of the ventral horn of the spinal cord from an ALS mouse. Several microglial cells (green) infiltrate the spinal cord as ALS disease progresses. Single molecule FISH detected IRF7 (an interferon-inducible gene) RNA molecules (red) in microglia and other cells.

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Valeria Gerbino/Maniatis lab/Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute

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