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ArticleScientific reports2018

Burkholderia pseudomallei-loaded cells act as a Trojan horse to invade the brain during endotoxemia.

Pei-Tan Hsueh, Hsi-Hsun Lin, Chiu-Lin Liu, Wei-Fen Ni, Ya-Lei Chen, Yao-Shen Chen

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Pei-Tan HsuehDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Hsi-Hsun LinGeneral Clinical Research Center, Medical Research Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chiu-Lin LiuDepartment of Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Wei-Fen NiDepartment of Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Ya-Lei ChenDepartment of Biotechnology, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. dan1001@nknu.edu.tw.
Yao-Shen ChenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. yschen@vghks.gov.tw.
National Kaohsiung Normal University · TWKaohsiung Veterans General Hospital · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWTaipei Veterans General Hospital · TW

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan) MOST-105-2320-B-017Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan) MOST-105-2320-B-017-003-MY3Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan) MOST-105-2320-B-075B-001Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan) MOST-105-2320-B-214-001Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan) MOST-106-2314-B-075B-009-MY3Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan) MOST-106-2314-B-214-008Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan) NSC-102-2628-B-017-001-MY3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurologic melioidosis occurs in both human and animals; however, the mechanism by which the pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei invades the central nervous system (CNS) remains unclear. B. pseudomallei-loaded Ly6C cells have been suggested as a putative portal; however, during melioidosis, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) can drive disruption of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). This study aims to test whether the Trojan horse-like mechanism occurs during endotoxemia. The expression levels of cerebral cytokines, chemokines and cell adhesion molecules; the activation of astrocytes, microglia and endothelial cells; and the increased vascular permeability and brain-infiltrating leukocytes were evaluated using B. pseudomallei, B. thailandensis, B. cenocepacia and B. multivorans LPS-induced brains. Accordingly, different degrees of BBB damage in those brains with endotoxemia were established. The B. multivorans LPS-induced brain exhibited the highest levels of disruptive BBB according to the above mediators/indicators. Into these distinct groups of endotoxemic mice, B. pseudomallei-loaded Ly6C cells or free B. pseudomallei were adoptively transferred at equal bacterial concentrations (10

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AnimalsAstrocytesBlood-Brain BarrierBrainBurkholderia pseudomalleiCapillary PermeabilityCell Adhesion MoleculesCentral Nervous SystemChemokinesCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalEncephalitisEndothelial CellsEndotoxemiaHumansLipopolysaccharidesCell Adhesion MoleculesChemokinesCytokinesLipopolysaccharides

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