Starring roles for astroglia in barrier pathologies of gut and brain

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 731-736

  Savidge, Tor C ^a   Sofroniew, Michael V ^b   Neunlist, Michel ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^e NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Blood brain barrier; Enteric glia; Inflammatory bowel disease; Intestinal permeability; S nitrosothiol

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CELL FUNCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOTHELIUM; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE MUSCLE; IRRITABLE COLON; MACROGLIA; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 34447554529     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: 15300307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700600     Document Type: Review

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