Localization of angiopoietin-1 and Tie2 immunoreactivity in rodent ependyma and adjacent blood vessels suggests functional relationships

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-60

  Horton, Brooke N ^a   Solanki, Rajanikant B ^b   Rajneesh, Kiran F ^c   Kulesza, Piotr ^d   Ardelt, Agnieszka A ^b  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ang 1; Angiopoietin; Ependyma; Estradiol; Tanycyte; Tie2

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; AGPT PROTEIN, RAT; ANTIBODY; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LECTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; EPENDYMA; EPENDYMA CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TANYCYTE; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD; BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; PERICYTE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS; RODENTIA;

ANGIOPOIETIN-1; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD VESSELS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; EPENDYMA; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; LECTINS; MALE; PERICYTES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTOR, TIE-2;

EID: 74049087142     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2009.954610     Document Type: Article

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