Neurons are the Primary Target Cell for the Brain-Tropic Intracellular Parasite Toxoplasma gondii

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Cabral, Carla M ^a   Tuladhar, Shraddha ^b   Dietrich, Hans K ^a   Nguyen, Elizabeth ^a   MacDonald, Wes R ^a   Trivedi, Tapasya ^a   Devineni, Asha ^a   Koshy, Anita A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DISEASE MODEL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PARASITE LOAD; PARENCHYMA CELL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICE; NEURONS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84959486168     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005447     Document Type: Article

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