Endothelial glycoconjugates: A comparative lectin study of the brain, retina and myocardium

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 55-60

  Lawrenson, J G ^a,b   Cassella, J P ^c   Hayes, A J ^b   Firth, J A ^c   Allt, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Blood retinal barrier; Lectins; Myocardial endothelial cells

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; LECTIN; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BRAIN; GLYCOCALYX; HEART; MALE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEART; LECTINS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA;

ANIMALIA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; MAACKIA AMURENSIS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA;

EID: 0033972815     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299005762     Document Type: Article

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