Toxoplasma on the brain: Understanding host-pathogen interactions in chronic CNS infection

Journal of Parasitology Research

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kamerkar, Sushrut ^a   Davis, Paul H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GELATINASE B; NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE; STROMELYSIN 2; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1;

ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRADYZOITE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UPREGULATION;

MAMMALIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 84859776735     PISSN: 20900023     EISSN: 20900031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/589295     Document Type: Review

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