Expression of VEGF and Flk-1 and Flt-1 receptors during blood-brain barrier (BBB) impairment following phoneutria nigriventer spider venom exposure

Toxins

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2572-2588

  Mendonça, Monique C P ^a   Soares, Edilene S ^a   Stávale, Leila M ^a   Rapôso, Catarina ^a   Coope, Andressa ^a   Kalapothakis, Evanguedes ^b   da Cruz Höfling, Maria Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Junctional proteins; Neu N; VEGF; VEGF receptors

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; LAMININ; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN; SPIDER VENOM; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHONEUTRIA NIGRIVENTER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPIDER VENOMS; SPIDERS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 84890873628     PISSN: 20726651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins5122572     Document Type: Article

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