Human astrocytes/astrocyte-conditioned medium and shear stress enhance the barrier properties of human brain microvascular endothelial cells

Brain Research

Volumn 1147, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-50

  Siddharthan, Venkatraman ^a   Kim, Yuri V ^a   Liu, Suyi ^b   Kim, Kwang Sik ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WORLD PRECISION INSTRUMENTS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Astrocyte conditioned medium; Brain endothelial cell; In vitro BBB model; Permeability; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

ASTROCYTES; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DEXTRANS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; PROPIDIUM; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34147098912     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.02.029     Document Type: Article

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