Contrasting pediatric and adult cerebral malaria: The role of the endothelial barrier

Virulence

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Hawkes, Michael ^a   Elphinstone, Robyn E ^a,b   Conroy, Andrea L ^a   Kain, Kevin C ^a,b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adults; Cerebral malaria; Endothelial dysfunction; Neurovascular unit; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BRADYKININ; CLAUDIN 3; CLAUDIN 5; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTAMINE; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEUKOTRIENE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; OCCLUDIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROSTAGLANDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; PURINE NUCLEOTIDE; SEROTONIN; SLIT PROTEIN; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MALARIA; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MYELINATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINOPATHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL; UPREGULATION; AGE; ANIMAL; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; ADULTS; NEUROVASCULAR UNIT; PEDIATRIC; REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; PLASMODIUM;

ADULTS; CEREBRAL MALARIA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; NEUROVASCULAR UNIT; PEDIATRIC;

EID: 84882641298     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.25949     Document Type: Article

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