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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
In Central European tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) mechanisms of tissue destruction are poorly understood. To evaluate the contribution of immunological mechanisms to tissue injury, the authors immunohistochemically analyzed paraffin-embedded autoptic brain tissue of 26 human TBE cases. In the parenchymal compartment, there was a predominance of macrophages/microglia and cytotoxic T cells. In addition, it was found that granzyme B-expressing lymphocytes were in close contact with TBE-expressing neurons up-regulating caspase-3. These findings indicate that cellular and humoral pathways of the immune system, especially granzyme B-releasing cytotoxic T cells and macrophages/microglia, mainly contribute to tissue destruction in TBE.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1355-0284
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
322-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Inflammatory response in human tick-borne encephalitis: analysis of postmortem brain tissue.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article