Differential development of Toxoplasma gondii in neural cells.
In this article, Remi Fagard and colleagues discuss the properties of neurons that lead to their low infection by Toxoplasma gondii, and the role that cytokines such as tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) and interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) might play.
Fagard
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équipe d'accueil Signalisation Cellulaire et Parasites, Hôpital Cochin, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014 Paris, France. remi.fagard@avc.ap-hop-paris.fr
Van Tan
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Creuzet
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Pelloux
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D000818:Animals; D001253:Astrocytes / Q000469:parasitology; D001921:Brain / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D009474:Neurons / Q000469:parasitology*; D051381:Rats; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000473:pathology*
D016207:Cytokines