The gut microbiota influences blood-brain barrier permeability in mice

Science Translational Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 263, 2014, Pages

  Braniste, Viorica ^a   Al Asmakh, Maha ^a   Kowal, Czeslawa ^b   Anuar, Farhana ^a   Abbaspour, Afrouz ^a   Tóth, Miklós ^a   Korecka, Agata ^a   Bakocevic, Nadja ^c   Guan, Ng Lai ^c   Kundu, Parag ^d   Gulyás, Balázs ^a,d   Halldin, Christer ^a,d   Hultenby, Kjell ^a   Nilsson, Harriet ^a   Hebert, Hans ^a   Volpe, Bruce T ^b   Diamond, Betty ^b   Pettersson, Sven ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 5; OCCLUDIN;

ADULT; ADULT ANIMAL; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; FETUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PERMEABILITY; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; FEMALE; INTESTINES; MICE; MICROBIOTA; PERMEABILITY; PREGNANCY; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84911884131     PISSN: 19466234     EISSN: 19466242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3009759     Document Type: Article

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