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RETRACTED ARTICLE: From neurons to microglia, with complements

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A study in this issue of Nature Neuroscience demonstrates that astrocytic transforming growth factor-β facilitates complement-mediated removal of weak synapses by microglia during the synaptic pruning period.

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Derecki, N., Kipnis, J. RETRACTED ARTICLE: From neurons to microglia, with complements. Nat Neurosci 16, 1712–1713 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3579

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