Real-time in vivo analysis of T cell activation in the central nervous system using a genetically encoded calcium indicator

Nature Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 778-783

  Mues, Marsilius ^a,c   Bartholomäus, Ingo ^a   Thestrup, Thomas ^a   Griesbeck, Oliver ^a   Wekerle, Hartmut ^a   Kawakami, Naoto ^a,b   Krishnamoorthy, Gurumoorthy ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETICALLY ENCODED CALCIUM INDICATOR; INDICATOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOSOL; IN VIVO STUDY; LEPTOMENINX; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; BRAIN; CALCIUM; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84880301113     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.3180     Document Type: Article

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