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Responses of brain and non-brain endothelial cells to meningitis-causing Escherichia coli K1.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 31 Mar 2006
Paul-Satyaseela Maneesh, Xie Yi, Di Cello Francescopaolo, Kim Kwang Sik
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Bacterial interaction with specific host tissue may contribute to its propensity to cause an infection in a particular site. In this study, we examined whether meningitis-causing Escherichia coli K1 interaction with human brain microvascular endothelial cells, which constitute the blood-brain barrier, differed from its interaction with non-brain endothelial cells derived from skin and umbilical cord. We showed...
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