Interleukin-34 Promotes Activation of Disease-associated Microglia-like Cells and Attenuates Disease Progression in West Nile Virus Infection
West Nile virus (WNV) is a mosquito-borne orthoflavivirus that causes severe encephalitis, for which no approved antiviral therapies or human vaccines are currently available. Disease-associated microglia (DAM) represent a microglial state associated with neuroprotective functions in neurodegenerative diseases. We prev...