The molecular basis of the blood brain barrier differentiation and maintenance. Is it still a mystery?

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 165-171

  Paolinelli, Roberta ^a   Corada, Monica ^a   Orsenigo, Fabrizio ^a   Dejana, Elisabetta ^a,b  

^a FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Drug delivery; Endothelial cells; Neurovascular unit; Permeability; Tight junctions; Wnt

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPOIETIN 1; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; CLAUDIN; CYCLIC AMP; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULE A; OCCLUDIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR B; PROTEIN G; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RHO KINASE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; VASCULOTROPIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN; WNT7A PROTEIN; WNT7B PROTEIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN MICROCIRCULATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME INACTIVATION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MICROVASCULATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS;

EID: 79751525900     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2010.11.012     Document Type: Review

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