A contrast agent recognizing activated platelets reveals murine cerebral malaria pathology undetectable by conventional MRI

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1198-1207

  Von Zur Muhlen, Constantin ^a,b   Sibson, Nicola R ^a   Peter, Karlheinz ^c   Campbell, Sandra J ^a   Wilainam, Panop ^a   Grau, Georges E ^d   Bode, Christoph ^b   Choudhury, Robin P ^a   Anthony, Daniel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LYMPHOTOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN MALARIA; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGAND BINDING; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARASITISM; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MALE; MICE; PLATELET ACTIVATION; PLATELET ADHESIVENESS; PLATELET AGGREGATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 40549106754     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI33314     Document Type: Article

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