In vitro modeling of the neurovascular environment by coculturing adult human brain endothelial cells with human neural stem cells

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Chou, Chung Hsing ^a,b,c   Sinden, John D ^d   Couraud, Pierre Olivier ^e,f,g   Modo, Michel ^a,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d RENEURON LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; LAMININ; PROTEIN ZO1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN; VITRONECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIAL CELL; CELL INTERACTION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROVASCULAR UNIT; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL;

ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; NEURAL STEM CELLS;

EID: 84907094934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106346     Document Type: Article

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