Immunity Against Bacterial Infection of the Central Nervous System: An Astrocyte Perspective

Immunity Against Bacterial Infection of the Central Nervous System: An Astrocyte Perspective

Bacterial infection of the central nervous system (CNS) is a severe and life-threatening condition with high mortality, and it may lead to permanent neurological deficits in survivors. Increasing evidence indicates that astrocytes, as the most abundant CNS glial cell population, regulate innate and...

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Main Authors: Sohair Geyer, Muazzam Jacobs, Nai-Jen Hsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
Subjects:
astrocyte
T cell
bacteria
infection
neuroinflammation
central nervous system
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnmol.2019.00057/full

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