Brucella abortus Traverses Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Using Infected Monocytes as a Trojan Horse

Brucella abortus Traverses Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells Using Infected Monocytes as a Trojan Horse

Neurobrucellosis is an inflammatory disease caused by the invasion of Brucella spp. to the central nervous system (CNS). The pathogenesis of the disease is not well characterized; however, for Brucella to gain access to the brain parenchyma, traversing of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) must take plac...

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Main Authors: María C. Miraglia, Ana M. Rodriguez, Paula Barrionuevo, Julia Rodriguez, Kwang S. Kim, Vida A. Dennis, M. Victoria Delpino, Guillermo H. Giambartolomei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
blood-brain barrier
endothelial cells
monocytes
Brucella abortus
neurobrucellosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2018.00200/full

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