Exacerbation of Autoimmune Neuro-Inflammation in Mice Cured from Blood-Stage Plasmodium berghei Infection

The thymus plays an important role shaping the T cell repertoire in the periphery, partly, through the elimination of inflammatory auto-reactive cells. It has been shown that, during Plasmodium berghei infection, the thymus is rendered atrophic by the premature egress of CD4+CD8+ double-positive (DP...

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Main Authors: Thomé, Rodolfo, Bombeiro, André Luis, Issayama, Luidy Kazuo, Rapôso, Catarina, Lopes, Stefanie Costa Pinto, da Costa, Thiago Alves, Di Gangi, Rosária, Ferreira, Isadora Tassinari, Longhini, Ana Leda Figueiredo, Oliveira, Alexandre Leite Rodrigues, da Cruz Höfling, Maria Alice, Costa, Fábio Trindade Maranhão, Verinaud, Liana
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4201583/