Neisseria meningitidis induces brain microvascular endothelial cell detachment from the matrix and cleavage of occludin: a role for MMP-8.

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Published in PLoS Pathog on April 29, 2010

Authors

Alexandra Schubert-Unkmeir1, Christian Konrad, Heiko Slanina, Florian Czapek, Sabrina Hebling, Matthias Frosch

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1: Institute of Hygiene and Microbiology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. aunkmeir@hygiene.uni-wuerzburg.de

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