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Kee Jun Kim

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Oakley O, Kim K, Lin P, Barakat R, Cacioppo J, Li Z, et al.
Endocrinology . 2016 Oct; 157(12):4579-4587. PMID: 27779914
17β-estradiol is a potent sex hormone synthesized primarily by gonads in females and males that regulates development and function of the reproductive system. Recent studies show that 17β-estradiol is locally...
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Liu T, Kim J, Wang Y, Toffaletti D, Eugenin E, Perfect J, et al.
PLoS Pathog . 2013 Apr; 9(4):e1003247. PMID: 23592982
Cryptococcus neoformans is the most common cause of fungal meningitis, with high mortality and morbidity. The reason for the frequent occurrence of Cryptococcus infection in the central nervous system (CNS)...
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Yao H, Yang Y, Kim K, Bethel-Brown C, Gong N, Funa K, et al.
Blood . 2010 Apr; 115(23):4951-62. PMID: 20354174
Cocaine abuse hastens the neurodegeneration often associated with advanced HIV-1 infection. The mechanisms, in part, revolve around the neuroinflammatory processes mediated by the chemokine monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1/CCL2). Understanding factors...
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Milward E, Kim K, Szklarczyk A, Nguyen T, Melli G, Nayak M, et al.
J Neuroimmunol . 2007 Dec; 193(1-2):140-8. PMID: 18063113
Derivative myelin associated glycoprotein (dMAG) results from proteolysis of transmembrane MAG and can inhibit axonal growth. We have tested the ability of certain matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) elevated with inflammatory and...
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Nikolskaia O, Kim Y, Kovbasnjuk O, Kim K, Grab D
Int J Parasitol . 2006 Apr; 36(5):513-9. PMID: 16620822
Using an in vitro model of the human blood-brain barrier consisting of human brain microvascular endothelial cells we recently demonstrated that Trypanosoma brucei gambiense bloodstream-forms efficiently cross these cells via...
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Grab D, Perides G, Dumler J, Kim K, Park J, Kim Y, et al.
Infect Immun . 2005 Jan; 73(2):1014-22. PMID: 15664945
Neurological manifestations of Lyme disease in humans are attributed in part to penetration of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and invasion of the central nervous system (CNS) by Borrelia burgdorferi. However,...
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Grab D, Nikolskaia O, Kim Y, Lonsdale-Eccles J, Ito S, Hara T, et al.
J Parasitol . 2004 Nov; 90(5):970-9. PMID: 15562595
The neurological manifestations of sleeping sickness in man are attributed to the penetration of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and invasion of the central nervous system by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense and...
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Kim K, Chung J, Kim K
J Biol Chem . 2004 Nov; 280(2):1360-8. PMID: 15516338
Escherichia coli K1 is the most common Gram-negative organism causing meningitis, and its invasion of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMEC) is a prerequisite for penetration into the central nervous...
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Xie Y, Kim K, Kim K
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol . 2004 Oct; 42(3):271-9. PMID: 15477040
The mortality and morbidity associated with neonatal gram-negative meningitis have remained significant despite advances in antimicrobial chemotherapy. Escherichia coli K1 is the most common gram-negative organism causing neonatal meningitis. Our...
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Park J, Kim K, Choi K, Grab D, Dumler J
Cell Microbiol . 2004 Jul; 6(8):743-51. PMID: 15236641
Human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA) is caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum. The bacterium infects, survives, propagates in, and alters neutrophil phenotype, indicating unique survival mechanisms. AnkA is the...