Antigen recognition detains CD8+ T cells at the blood-brain barrier and contributes to its breakdown

S Aydin, J Pareja, VM Schallenberg, A Klopstein… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown and immune cell infiltration into the central nervous
system (CNS) are early hallmarks of multiple sclerosis (MS). High numbers of CD8+ T cells …

Brain endothelial cells exposure to malaria parasites links type I interferon signalling to antigen presentation, immunoproteasome activation, endothelium disruption …

AM Shafi, Á Végvári, SW Howland… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Cerebral malaria (CM) lethality is attributable to induction of brain edema
induction but the cellular mechanisms involving brain microvascular endothelium in CM …

IQGAP2 regulates blood-brain barrier immune dynamics

KA Katdare, A Kjar, NM O'Brown, EH Neal… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Brain endothelial cells (BECs) play an important role in maintaining central nervous system
(CNS) homeostasis through blood-brain barrier (BBB) functions. BECs express low baseline …

Elucidating Blood-Brain Barrier-mediated Mechanisms of Central Nervous System Immune Privilege

KA Katdare - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Central nervous system (CNS) immune privilege is imparted by a complex set of
mechanisms designed to protect the fragile brain tissue. Brain endothelial cells (BECs), the …