Blood Vessel in The Brain (IMAGE)

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Blood Vessel in The Brain

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The image depicts a cross-sectional view of a brain's blood vessel with cell nuclei shown in blue. Some endothelial cells at the inside vessel wall are activated by type-I interferons (purple) following a viral infection. Yellow cells within the vessel's lumen represent erythrocytes.

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Thomas Blank

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