TY - JOUR AU - Shanshiashvili, Lali AU - Tsitsilashvili, Elene AU - Dabrundashvili, Nino AU - Kalandadze, Irine AU - Mikeladze, David PY - 2017 DA - 2017/02/14 TI - Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 may be involved in macrophage plasticity JO - Biological Research SP - 4 VL - 50 IS - 1 AB - Macrophages are a functionally heterogeneous cell population and depending on microenvironments they polarize in two main groups: M1 and M2. Glutamic acid and glutamate receptors may participate in the regulation of macrophage plasticity. To investigate the role of glutamatergic systems in macrophages physiology, we performed the transfection of mGluR5 cDNAs into RAW-264.7 cells. SN - 0717-6287 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40659-017-0110-2 DO - 10.1186/s40659-017-0110-2 ID - Shanshiashvili2017 ER -