Mfsd2a is critical for the formation and function of the blood-brain barrier

Nature

Volumn 509, Issue 7501, 2014, Pages 507-511

  Ben Zvi, Ayal ^a   Lacoste, Baptiste ^a   Kur, Esther ^a   Andreone, Benjamin J ^a   Mayshar, Yoav ^a   Yan, Han ^a   Gu, Chenghua ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 5; DEXTRAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRACER;

BLOOD; BRAIN; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; NEUROLOGY; RODENT;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL INTERACTION; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM VESICLE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAJOR FACILITATOR SUPER FAMILY DOMAIN CONTAINING 2A GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIGHT JUNCTION; TRANSCYTOSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERICYTES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS; TRANSCYTOSIS;

EID: 84901269974     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13324     Document Type: Article

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