Coexpression of angiopoietin-1 with VEGF increases the structural integrity of the blood-brain barrier and reduces atrophy volume

Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2343-2351

  Shen, Fanxia ^a   Walker, Espen J ^a   Jiang, Lidan ^a   Degos, Vincent ^a   Li, Jianping ^a   Sun, Baoliang ^a,b   Heriyanto, Fransisca ^a   Young, William L ^a   Su, Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SHANDONG PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG FIRST MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

adeno associated viral vector; angiopoietin 1; middle cerebral artery occlusion; tight junction protein; vascular integrity; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; ANGIOPOIETIN 1; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; EVANS BLUE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVASATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TIGHT JUNCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANGIOPOIETIN-1; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; DEPENDOVIRUS; GENETIC VECTORS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; LAC OPERON; MALE; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERMEABILITY; PLASMIDS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 82555165050     PISSN: 0271678X     EISSN: 15597016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jcbfm.2011.97     Document Type: Article

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