Cerebral capillary endothelial cells are covered by the VEGF-expressing foot processes of astrocytes

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 497, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-121

  Saito, Tomomi ^a   Shibasaki, Koji ^a   Kurachi, Masashi ^a   Puentes, Sandra ^a   Mikuni, Masahiko ^a   Ishizaki, Yasuki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Capillary; Endothelial cell; Neurovascular unit; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CELL; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLOMERULUS; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; KIDNEY; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PODOCYTES; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 79956306304     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.04.043     Document Type: Article

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