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Assessing the Expression of Major Histocompatibility Complex Class I on Primary Murine Hippocampal Neurons by Flow Cytometry
Published on: May 19, 2020
Molecular networks of brain and immunity
Larisa B Goncharova1, Alexander O Tarakanov
1Institute Pasteur of St. Petersburg, ul. Mira 14, St. Petersburg 197101, Russia.
Abstract:
Exciting complexity of natural phenomena can be based on rather simple biophysical principles. For example, the genetic code is based on a double-helix of DNA formed by planar geometry of weak hydrogen bounds. On the examples of cytokine networks, immune synapse, psychoneuroimmunology and systems biology, this review paper attempts to show how molecular networks both in brain and immunity can be studied using common principles of protein-protein interactions.
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