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DRUG DISCOVERY TODAY
Volume 20, Issue 8, Pages 928-941Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2015.05.003
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- Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT)
- Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
- Concerted Research Actions (GOA) of Ghent University
- Belgian Science Policy (Interuniversity Attraction Pools) [IAP7/07]
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The choroid plexus (CP) is a highly vascularized organ located in the brain ventricles and contains a single epithelial cell layer forming the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB). This barrier is crucial for immune surveillance in health and is an underestimated gate for entry of immune cells during numerous inflammatory disorders. Several of these disorders are accompanied by disturbance of the BCSFB and increased leukocyte infiltration, which affects neuroinflammation. Understanding the mechanism of immune cell entry at the CP might lead to identification of new therapeutic targets. Here, we focus on current knowledge of leukocyte infiltration at the CP in inflammatory conditions and its therapeutic implications.
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