I am unsure what you are after, but if you would like BV2 then you need to ask Professor Donata, and find someone near to you and they will send them to you once you have her permission.

: Professor Rosario Donato

Director and Chairman

Dept. Exp. Med. & Biochem. Sci.

University of Perugia

Via del Giochetto, C.P. 81 Succ. 3

06122 Perugia, Italy

Tel. 39 075 585 7453/7448

Fax 39 075 585 7451

E-mail: [email protected]

Thanks for your recommendation, Bobbi! =)

Thp1 cells as surrogate Microglial cells

I believe that BV2 are a useful tool, but please also be aware of this paper running arrays on MG, MG ex vivo and cell lines. Very interesting to see how different they can be.

There is also the N9 line which is supposed to be very close to the primary microglia. Several papers use them as well as BV2.

C8B4 could be an option and I guess it is commercially available unlike BV2 cells