Adaptive Immunity Is Needed to Control Local Innate Response in the CNS

Adaptive Immunity Is Needed to Control Local Innate Response in the CNS 

Days post spinal cord injury Description Reference 

3-4 days A period reflecting the decline of primary infiltration of neutrophils participating in inflammation, and high incidence of apoptotic cells. (Popovich et al., 1997 Leskovar et al., 2000) 

7-10 days A period of maximum accumulation of activated microglia/macrophages, T cells, and progenitor glial cells. (Leskovar et al., 2000 McTigue et al., 2001) 

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