Pericytes and periendothelial cells of brain parenchyma vessels co- express aminopeptidase N, aminopeptidase A, and nestin

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 367-378

  Alliot, F ^a   Rutin, J ^a   Leenen, P J M ^b   Pessac, B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aminopeptidases N and A; Brain vessels; Central nervous system; Mouse; Nestin; Pericytes; Periendothelial cells

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTIMA; MICROANEURYSM; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

AMINOPEPTIDASES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, CD13; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PERICYTES; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 0033230207     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19991101)58:3<367::AID-JNR2>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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