In vitro study of the effects of angiostrongylus cantonensis larvae extracts on apoptosis and dysfunction in the blood-brain barrier (bbb)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Hu, Xin ^a   Li, Jiang Hui ^a   Lan, Lan ^a   Wu, Fei Fei ^a   Zhang, Er Peng ^a   Song, Zeng Mei ^a   Huang, Hui Cong ^a   Luo, Fang Jun ^b   Pan, Chang Wang ^a   Tan, Feng ^a  

^a WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHUJI PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG PROVINCE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; LIPOCORTIN 5;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVA; MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; INFLAMMATION; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METABOLISM; MICROCIRCULATION; PARASITOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; STRONGYLE INFECTION;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INFLAMMATION; LARVA; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROCIRCULATION; PERMEABILITY; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84863299096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032161     Document Type: Article

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