Expression and signaling of novel IL15Rα splicing variants in cerebral endothelial cells of the blood-brain barrier

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 122-129

  Wu, Xiaojun ^a   Pan, Weihong ^a   Stone, Kirsten P ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Hsuchou, Hung ^a   Kastin, Abba J ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Brain; Endothelial cells; IL15; IL15R ; Splice variants; STAT3

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 15 RECEPTOR ALPHA; STAT3 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CAPILLARY; CLONING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-15; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROVESSELS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-15; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953298861     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2010.06729.x     Document Type: Article

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