Interferon-γ/receptor-mediated but not tumor necrosis factor receptor type 1- or type 2-mediated signaling is crucial for the activation of cerebral blood vessel endothelial cells and microglia in murine Toxoplasma encephalitis

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1549-1561

  Deckert Schlüter, Martina ^a   Bluethmann, Horst ^b   Kaefer, Nadja ^c   Rang, Andrea ^a   Schlüter, Dirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL ACTIVATION; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0032938788     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65408-9     Document Type: Article

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