Dyad of CD40/CD40 ligand fosters neuroinflammation at the blood-brain barrier and is regulated via JNK signaling: implications for HIV-1 encephalitis.

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Published in J Neurosci on July 14, 2010

Authors

Servio H Ramirez1, Shongshan Fan, Holly Dykstra, Nancy Reichenbach, Luis Del Valle, Raghava Potula, Richard P Phipps, Sanjay B Maggirwar, Yuri Persidsky

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA.

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