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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neuropharmacology. 2017 Jan 13;116:371–386. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2017.01.010

Table 1.

Select genes for mRNA expression related to neuroinflammation.

Gene Name Description
Iba1 ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 constitutively expressed by microglia and macrophages
TNFα tumor necrosis factor alpha proinflammatory cytokine
IL1β interleukin 1 beta proinflammatory cytokine
IL6 interleukin 6 proinflammatory cytokine
CD74 cluster of differentiation 74 class II histocompatibility complex antigen binding
CD14 cluster of differentiation 14 antigen detection
TGFβ transforming growth factor beta modulator of immune cell proliferation
CD68 cluster of differentiation 68; macrosialin scavenger receptor family member related to phagocytosis; lysosomal in activated macrophages and microglia