Afamin is synthesized by cerebrovascular endothelial cells and mediates α-tocopherol transport across an in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 707-718

  Kratzer, Ingrid ^a   Bernhart, Eva ^a   Wintersperger, Andrea ^a   Hammer, Astrid ^a   Waltl, Sabine ^a   Malle, Ernst ^a   Sperk, Günther ^b   Wietzorrek, Georg ^b   Dieplinger, Hans ^b,c   Sattler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c Vitateq Biotechnology GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Brain microvascular endothelial cells; High density lipoprotein; Neurovascular unit; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BINDING PROTEIN; CARBON 14; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; IODINE 125; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN AFAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA CELL; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CAPILLARY; CADAVER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSPORT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SWINE;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; ASTROCYTOMA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAPILLARIES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHO CELLS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA; SERUM ALBUMIN; SWINE; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS; THIAZOLES;

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EID: 58149334900     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05796.x     Document Type: Article

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