Regulation of a blood-brain barrier-specific enzyme expressed by cerebral pericytes (Pericytic aminopeptidase N/pAPN) under cell culture conditions

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1270-1281

  Ramsauer, Markus ^a   Kunz, Jörg ^a   Krause, Dorothee ^a   Dermietzel, Rolf ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidase N; Blood brain barrier; Coculture conditions; In vitro regulation; Pericytes

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031771613     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004647-199811000-00014     Document Type: Article

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