Identification of female-enriched and disease-associated microglia (FDAMic) contributes to sexual dimorphism in late-onset Alzheimer's disease.

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"Funding The work was supported, in part, by grants from the following: The Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC)‐General Research Fund (GRF) (PI: ECS24107121 and GRF16100219) and the RGC-Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) (Co-I: C4033‐19EF); the National Natural Science Foundation-Excellent Young Scientists Fund 2020 (Ref: 32022087); Alzheimer's Association Research Fellowship (PI: AARF‐17‐531566); CUHK‐Improvement on Competitiveness in Hiring New Faculties Funding Scheme (PI: Ref. 133) and CUHK‐School of Life Sciences Start-up funding to H.‐M.C."