Immune cells breaching the choroid plexus barrier (IMAGE)

Boston Children's Hospital

Immune cells breaching the choroid plexus barrier

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The arrowheads show immune cells (red, macrophages; green, leukocytes) gathered at "hotspots" in the choroid plexus, from which they appear to enter the cerebrospinal fluid.

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Jin Cui, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital

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