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A Novel In vitro Model for Studying the Interactions Between Human Whole Blood and Endothelium
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The Many Faces of Bacterium-Endothelium Interactions during Systemic Infections
Dorian Obino1, Guillaume Duménil1
1Pathogenesis of Vascular Infections, Institut Pasteur, INSERM, Paris, France.
Abstract:
A wide variety of pathogens reach the circulatory system during viral, parasitic, fungal, and bacterial infections, causing clinically diverse pathologies. Such systemic infections are usually severe and frequently life-threatening despite intensive care, in particular during the age of antibiotic resistance. Because of its position at the interface between the blood and the rest of the organism, the endothelium plays a central role during these infections. Using several examples of systemic infections, we explore the diversity of interactions between pathogens and the endothelium. These examples reveal that bacterial pathogens target specific vascular beds and affect most aspects of endothelial cell biology, ranging from cellular junction stability to endothelial cell proliferation and inflammation.
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