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Breakdown of the Blood-Brain Barrier during Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Mice Is Not Dependent on CD8(+) T-Cells

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    SYSNO ASEP0361425
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleBreakdown of the Blood-Brain Barrier during Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Mice Is Not Dependent on CD8(+) T-Cells
    Author(s) Růžek, Daniel (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Salát, Jiří (BC-A) RID, ORCID
    Singh, S. K. (IN)
    Kopecký, Jan (BC-A) RID
    Source TitlePLoS ONE. - : Public Library of Science - ISSN 1932-6203
    Roč. 6, č. 5 (2011), e20472
    Number of pages9 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryUS - United States
    KeywordsCENTRAL-NERVOUS-SYSTEM ; WEST-NILE-VIRUS ; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL-CELLS ; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEINS ; MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS ; INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE ; PERMEABILITY CHANGES
    Subject RIVEB - Genetics ; Molecular Biology
    R&D ProjectsGPP302/10/P438 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    GAP502/11/2116 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    LC06009 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    CEZAV0Z60220518 - PAU-O, BC-A (2005-2011)
    UT WOS000291005200058
    DOI10.1371/journal.pone.0020472
    AnnotationTick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus causes severe encephalitis with serious sequelae in humans. The disease is characterized by fever and debilitating encephalitis that can progress to chronic illness or fatal infection. In this study, changes in permeability of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in two susceptible animal models (BALB/c, and C57Bl/6 mice) infected with TBE virus were investigated at various days after infection by measuring fluorescence in brain homogenates after intraperitoneal injection of sodium fluorescein, a compound that is normally excluded from the central nervous system. We demonstrate here that TBE virus infection, in addition to causing fatal encephalitis in mice, induces considerable breakdown of the BBB. Breakdown of the BBB was also observed in mice deficient in CD8(+) T-cells, indicating that these cells are not necessary for the increase in BBB permeability that occurs during TBE.
    WorkplaceBiology Centre (since 2006)
    ContactDana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
    Year of Publishing2012
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