Glucocorticoids increase VE-cadherin expression and cause cytoskeletal rearrangements in murine brain endothelial cEND cells

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1139-1149

  Blecharz, Kinga G ^a   Drenckhahn, Detlev ^a   Förster, Carola Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Glucocorticoid; VE cadherin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; PROTEIN ZO1; STEROID; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; BRAIN; CADHERINS; CELL LINE; CELL SHAPE; CYTOSKELETON; DEXAMETHASONE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 44349150865     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2008.2     Document Type: Article

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