Gene and protein expression of galectin-3 and galectin-9 in experimental pneumococcal meningitis

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-183

  Bellac, Caroline L ^a   Coimbra, Roney S ^a   Simon, Franziska ^a   Imboden, Hans ^a   Leib, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain diseases; Cortex; Galectin 3; Galectin 9; Hippocampus; Inflammation; Lectins; Microglia; Neuronal injury; Pneumococcal meningitis; Polymorphonuclear neutrophils

Indexed keywords

ECALECTIN; GALECTIN; GALECTIN 3; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN INJURY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HIPPOCAMPUS; MACROPHAGE; MICROGLIA; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALITIS; GALECTIN 3; GALECTINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MACROPHAGES; MENINGITIS, PNEUMOCOCCAL; MICROGLIA; MONOCYTES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUTROPHILS; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 35348943289     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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