Journal of Neuroimmunology
Volume 217, Issue 1 , Pages 55-64 , 10 December 2009

Expression and regulation of antimicrobial peptide rCRAMP after bacterial infection in primary rat meningeal cells

  • Lars-Ove Brandenburg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
    • Department of Anatomy, University of Kiel, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074 Aachen, Germany. Tel.: +49 241 8089548; fax: +49 241 8082431.
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  • Deike Varoga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Trauma, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
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  • Nicoletta Nicolaeva

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, University of Kiel, Germany
    • ,
  • Stephen L. Leib

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Rainer Podschun

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Infection Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
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  • Christoph J. Wruck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
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  • Henrik Wilms

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Germany
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  • Ralph Lucius

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, University of Kiel, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to this article.
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  • Thomas Pufe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to this article.

Received 26 June 2009 ,Revised 17 September 2009 ,Accepted 8 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2009.10.004

Journal of Neuroimmunology
Volume 217, Issue 1 , Pages 55-64 , 10 December 2009

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