Fungal infection in the brain: What we learned from intravital imaging

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue AUG, 2016, Pages

  Shi, Meiqing ^a   Mody, Christopher H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain migration; C. neoformans; Fungi; Immune cells; intravital imaging; Meningoencephalitis

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

BRAIN INFECTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTRAVITAL IMAGING; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

EID: 84989288219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2016.00292     Document Type: Review

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