Astrocytes and pericytes differentially modulate blood-brain barrier characteristics during development and hypoxic insult

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 693-705

  Al Ahmad, Abraham ^a,b   Taboada, Carole Bürgi ^a   Gassmann, Max ^a   Ogunshola, Omolara O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

blood brain barrier; in vitro model; microscopy; neurovascular unit; vascular biology

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; COLLAGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN P;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HYPOXIA; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PHENOTYPE; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANGIOGENIC PROTEINS; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL POLARITY; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLLAGEN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; P-GLYCOPROTEIN; PERICYTES; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 79551646454     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2010.148     Document Type: Article

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