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. 2018 Feb 27;4:9. doi: 10.1038/s41421-018-0011-8

Fig. 8. Model of the extra-retinal origins of repopulated microglia in the retina.

Fig. 8

Repopulated microglia are not derived from blood cells or Nestin-positive progenitor cells. Instead, they are derived from the ciliary body/iris macrophages (1) and the optic nerve microglia (2). Besides, repopulating microglia are undergoing proliferation (3)