Tight junctions of the blood-brain barrier

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-76

  Kniesel, Uwe ^a   Wolburg, Hartwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Cadherins; Catenins; Cytoskeleton; Freeze fracture; Morphology; Occludin; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; CATENIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TUMOR; CYTOSKELETON; EPITHELIUM CELL; FREEZE FRACTURE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION; TUMOR BLOOD FLOW;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033973460     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006995910836     Document Type: Article

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