Brain barriers: Crosstalk between complex tight junctions and adherens junctions

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 493-506

  Tietz, Silvia ^a   Engelhardt, Britta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 1; CLAUDIN 11; CLAUDIN 2; CLAUDIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; OCCLUDIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BLOOD CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN PERICYTE; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIAL CELL; CELL COMPONENT; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOROID PLEXUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROVASCULATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MICROVESSELS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84943255434     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 15408140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201412147     Document Type: Review

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