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Defining the microglial transcriptome in the rat subventricular zone (SVZ) after neonatal hypoxia-ischemia (HI).

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Recent findings indicate a regulatory role of microglia on neurogenesis in the SVZ in health and disease. Microglia in the early postnatal SVZ are not fully maturated and may react differently than adult microglia to injury. We sought to investigate the impact of cortico-striatal neonatal HI injury on the microglial phenotype in the early postnatal SVZ. Results: In comparison to sham SVZ microglia, HI SVZ microglia upregulate both pro- and anti-inflammatory genes as well as neurotrophic genes. HI SVZ microglia do not adopt a M1 or M2 polarization state, but instead share commonly expressed genes with microglia in rodent models of neurodegenerative diseases.

ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus

PROVIDER: GSE97299 | GEO | 2020/01/13

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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