The chemokine receptor CCR5, a therapeutic target for HIV/AIDS antagonists, is critical for recovery in a mouse model of Japanese encephalitis.
Japanese encephalitis is a severe central nervous system (CNS) inflammatory disease caused by the mosquito-borne flavivirus, Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). In the current study we have investigated the immune responses against JEV in mice lacking expression of the chemokine receptor CCR5, which...
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| Formato: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Acceso en liña: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3448613?pdf=render |