Immune System Cells Cause Severe Malaria Complication in Mouse Brain (IMAGE)

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Immune System Cells Cause Severe Malaria Complication in Mouse Brain

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This image (intravascular localization of parasite-specific T cells) captured by two-photon microscopy through the skull bone of mouse with fatal cerebral malaria. It shows parasite-specific CD8 T cells (green) attacking the vascular lumen of cerebral blood vessels. These interactions are cause fatal brain swelling and cerebral herniation. Blood vessels in this image are shown in red.

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The image was generated in Dr. McGavern's laboratory at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke by Dr. Phillip Swanson II.

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