Regulation of brain endothelial barrier function by microRNAs in health and neuroinflammation

FASEB Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 2662-2672

  Lopez Ramirez, Miguel Alejandro ^a   Reijerkerk, Arie ^b   De Vries, Helga E ^c   Romero, Ignacio Andres ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Pluriomics BV   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Multiple sclerosis; Neurovascular unit; Regulatory mechanisms; Stroke

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 126; MICRORNA 126 5P; MICRORNA 146A; MICRORNA 146B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL INTERACTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VASCULARIZATION; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MICRORNAS;

EID: 84980350629     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.201600435RR     Document Type: Article

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