Immune Cells in Action (VIDEO)

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine

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Neutrophils, which are white blood cells, move into blood vessels covering the brain of a mouse infected with viral meningitis. The vessels eventually rupture. This moving image shows that neutrophils, rather than T-cells cause fluid to leak from blood vessels.

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Michael L. Dustin and Jiyun V. Kim

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