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. 2021 Jul 8;10(7):1728. doi: 10.3390/cells10071728

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Engulfment of neuronal cells by reactive microglia in vivo. Co-immunostaining of 22L-infected mice (A) and age-matched controls (B) for microglia (Iba1, red), neurons (MAP2, green), and nuclei (DAPI, blue). In 22L-infected animals, microglia are often found in close vicinity to neuronal cell bodies or engulfing neuronal cell bodies, as pointed by white arrows. (C) Colocalization analysis of Iba1 and MAP2 in cortex. *** p < 0.001 (by unpaired t-test with Welch’s correction). Hp–hippocampus, Th–thalamus, Ctx–cortex, BS–brain stem. Scale bar: 50 μm.