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. 2018 Jul 5;10:203. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00203

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Schematic representation of changes in microglia during retinal neurodegeneration and the role of IGF-1 in this process. IGF-1 levels decrease along aging and in some neurodegenerative diseases and this is associated to a switch in microglia polarization toward a proinflammatory status. In this context, exosomes participate into cell-to-cell communications as vehicles which transport anti- or proinflammatory miRNAS.