Meningeal and perivascular macrophages of the central nervous system play a protective role during bacterial meningitis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 167, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 4644-4650

  Polfliet, M M J ^a   Zwijnenburg, P J G ^a   Van Furth, A M ^a   Van der Poll, T ^a   Dopp E A ^a   De Lavalette, C R ^a   Van Kesteren Hendrikx, E M L ^a   Van Rooijen, N ^a   Dijkstra, C D ^a   Van den Berg, T K ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CLODRONIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOSOME; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0035887775     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.8.4644     Document Type: Article

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