Testicular damage by microcirculatory disruption and colonization of an immune-privileged site during Borrelia crocidurae infection

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 193, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 995-1004

  Shamaei Tousi, Alireza ^a,b   Collin, Ola ^a   Bergh, Anders ^a   Bergström, Sven ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Erythrocyte rosettes; Hemorrhage; In vivo microscopy; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BORRELIA; BORRELIA CROCIDURAE; BORRELIA HERMSII; BORRELIA INFECTION; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROSETTE FORMATION; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS INJURY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RELAPSING FEVER; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0035821248     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.193.9.995     Document Type: Article

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