Cytoadherence of plasmodium berghei-infected red blood cells to murine brain and lung microvascular endothelial cells in vitro

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3984-3991

  El Assaad, Fatima ^a   Wheway, Julie ^a   Mitchell, Andrew John ^b,c   Lou, Jinning ^c   Hunt, Nicholas Henry ^a   Combes, Valery ^a   Grau, Georges Emile Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^c CENTENARY INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN MALARIA; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LUNG; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 84886771129     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00428-13     Document Type: Article

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