Distinct contributions of astrocytes and pericytes to neuroinflammation identified in a 3D human blood-brain barrier on a chip

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Herland, Anna ^a   Van Der Meer, Andries D ^a   FitzGerald, Edward A ^a   Park, Tae Eun ^a   Sleeboom, Jelle J F ^a   Ingber, Donald E ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN GEL; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; COLLAGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIAL CELL; CELLULAR SECRETION; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LABORATORY DEVICE; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; MICROFLUIDICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPROTECTION; PERICYTE; BRAIN; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; VASCULARIZATION;

ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLLAGEN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PERICYTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84960888901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150360     Document Type: Article

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