Cerebral vessel laminins and IFN-gamma define Trypanosoma brucei brucei penetration of the blood-brain barrier.

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Published in J Clin Invest on September 01, 2004

Authors

Willias Masocha1, Brita Robertson, Martin E Rottenberg, Jama Mhlanga, Lydia Sorokin, Krister Kristensson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

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