Sialic acids regulate microvessel permeability, revealed by novel in vivo studies of endothelial glycocalyx structure and function

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 595, Issue 15, 2017, Pages 5015-5035

  Betteridge, Kai B ^a   Arkill, Kenton P ^b,c   Neal, Christopher R ^a   Harper, Steven J ^a   Foster, Rebecca R ^a   Satchell, Simon C ^a   Bates, David O ^b   Salmon, Andrew H J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Correlative Light and Electron Microscopy; glycocalyx; Permeability; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; SIALIC ACID; SIALIDASE; ALBUMINOID; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CELL MEMBRANE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; GLYCOCALYX; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MESENTERY; MICROVASCULATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; METABOLISM; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULARIZATION;

ALBUMINS; ANIMALS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GLYCOCALYX; MALE; MESENTERY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROVESSELS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIALIC ACIDS; WATER;

EID: 85026632440     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/JP274167     Document Type: Article

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