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Infection and upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines in human brain vascular pericytes by human cytomegalovirus

BACKGROUND: Congenital human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infections can result in CNS abnormalities in newborn babies including vision loss, mental retardation, motor deficits, seizures, and hearing loss. Brain pericytes play an essential role in the development and function of the blood–brain barrier ye...

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Autores principales: Alcendor, Donald J, Charest, Ashley M, Zhu, Wen Qin, Vigil, Hollie E, Knobel, Susan M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3413582/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22607552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-9-95