Role of the blood-brain barrier in the formation of brain metastases

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1383-1411

  Wilhelm, Imola ^a   Molnár, Judit ^a   Fazakas, Csilla ^a   Haskó, János ^a   Krizbai, István A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Blood brain barrier; Breast cancer; Central nervous system; Cerebral endothelial cell; Lung cancer; Melanoma; Metastasis; Paracellular transmigration; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CHEMOKINE; CLAUDIN; HEPARANASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULE; MELANOTRANSFERRIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN; OCCLUDIN; PDZ PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3,4,5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEINASE; RAC PROTEIN; RHO FACTOR; SELECTIN; TETRASPANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; ZONULA OCCLUDENS PROTEIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ASTROCYTE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN METASTASIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; DNA MICROARRAY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRAVASATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIGAND BINDING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSENDOTHELIAL AND TRANSEPITHELIAL MIGRATION; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR IMMUNITY; TUMOR INVASION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LUNG TUMOR; MELANOMA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SECONDARY;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSENDOTHELIAL AND TRANSEPITHELIAL MIGRATION;

EID: 84878654284     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms14011383     Document Type: Review

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