Article
Complexity of the microglial activation pathways that drive innate host responses during lethal alphavirus encephalitis in mice.
ASN neuro - 3 May 2012
Esen Nilufer, Blakely Pennelope K, Rainey-Barger Emily K, Irani David N
Abstract excerpt
Microglia express multiple TLRs (Toll-like receptors) and provide important host defence against viruses that invade the CNS (central nervous system). Although prior studies show these cells become activated during experimental alphavirus encephalitis in mice to generate cytokines and chemokines...
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