Endothelial cells are a replicative niche for entry of Toxoplasma gondii to the central nervous system

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Konradt, Christoph ^a   Ueno, Norikiyo ^b   Christian, David A ^a   Delong, Jonathan H ^a   Pritchard, Gretchen Harms ^a   Herz, Jasmin ^c   Bzik, David J ^d   Koshy, Anita A ^e   McGavern, Dorian B ^c   Lodoen, Melissa B ^b   Hunter, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DIVISION; CELL INVASION; CELL MIGRATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; BLOOD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; BLOOD; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MICE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 85009781898     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.1     Document Type: Article

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