Nature Communications (Nov 2016)

Splenic differentiation and emergence of CCR5+CXCL9+CXCL10+ monocyte-derived dendritic cells in the brain during cerebral malaria

  • Isabella C. Hirako,
  • Marco A. Ataide,
  • Lucas Faustino,
  • Patricia A. Assis,
  • Elizabeth W. Sorensen,
  • Hisashi Ueta,
  • Natalia M. Araújo,
  • Gustavo B. Menezes,
  • Andrew D. Luster,
  • Ricardo T. Gazzinelli

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13277
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Cerebral malaria is an often fatal complication ofPlasmodium infection involving accumulation of inflammatory leukocytes in the central nervous system. Here the authors map the development and trafficking of CCR5+ monocyte-derived dendritic cells from the spleen to the brains of Plasmodium bergheiANKA infected mice.