“…In this context signature genes of microglia of the homoeostatic brain were identified, including Tmem119 , Sall1 , P2ry12 , Olfml3 , Hexb , Fcrls , Siglech , Tgfbr1, and Gpr34 [ 60 , 105 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 ]. A part of these genes was used to develop new reporter mice to label and/or genetically manipulate the microglia cell population [ 113 ]: Tmem119 eGFP and Tmem119 CreERT2 [ 114 ], Tmem119 TdTomato [ 115 ], Sall1 GFP , and Sall1 CreER [ 116 , 117 ], and Hexb TdTomato and Hexb CreERT2 [ 118 ], and P2ry12 CreER [ 119 ].…”