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Researchers identify key role of immune cells in brain infection – Medical Xpress
A new study has detailed the damaging role played by the immune system in a severe brain condition most commonly caused by the cold sore virus.
A new study has detailed the damaging role played by the immune system in a severe brain condition most commonly caused by the cold sore virus.
Researchers have identified the specific type of immune cell that induces brain inflammation in herpes simplex virus (HSV) encephalitis. Crucially, they have also determined the signaling protein that calls this immune cell into the brain from the bloodstream.
The findings, published in Cell Reports, could aid the development of targeted treatments for…
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