The movers and shapers in immune privilege of the CNS

Nature Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 123-131

  Engelhardt, Britta ^a   Vajkoczy, Peter ^b   Weller, Roy O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN INTERSTITIAL FLUID; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MIGRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DURA MATER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTRAVITAL MICROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL MOTION; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL MOVEMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DURA MATER; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGIC SURVEILLANCE; MICE; MICROGLIA; PHYSIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; RATS;

EID: 85009754057     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni.3666     Document Type: Review

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