SSeCKS regulates angiogenesis and tight junction formation in blood-brain barrier

SW Lee, WJ Kim, YK Choi, HS Song, MJ Son… - Nature medicine, 2003 - nature.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is essential for maintaining brain homeostasis and low
permeability. BBB maintenance is important in the central nervous system (CNS) because …

Transporters at CNS barrier sites: obstacles or opportunities for drug delivery?

L Sanchez-Covarrubias, LM Slosky… - Current …, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) and blood-cerebrospinal fluid (BCSF) barriers are critical
determinants of CNS homeostasis. Additionally, the BBB and BCSF barriers are formidable …

Radiation response of the central nervous system

TE Schultheiss, LE Kun, KK Ang… - International Journal of …, 1995 - Elsevier
This report reviews the anatomical, pathophysiological, and clinical aspects of radiation
injury to the central nervous system (CNS). Despite the lack of pathognomonic …

Development of the primate retinal vasculature

JM Provis - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2001 - Elsevier
Human and macaque retinae have similar retinal vascular anatomy. The general features of
the retinal vascular anatomy of these two primates have much in common with more widely …

A novel dynamic neonatal blood-brain barrier on a chip

SP Deosarkar, B Prabhakarpandian, B Wang… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Studies of neonatal neural pathologies and development of appropriate therapeutics are
hampered by a lack of relevant in vitro models of neonatal blood-brain barrier (BBB). To …

Activation of retinal glial cells contributes to the degeneration of ganglion cells in experimental glaucoma

Y Miao, GL Zhao, S Cheng, Z Wang, XL Yang - Progress in retinal and eye …, 2023 - Elsevier
Elevation of intraocular pressure (IOP) is a major risk factor for neurodegeneration in
glaucoma. Glial cells, which play an important role in normal functioning of retinal neurons …

Global CNS transduction of adult mice by intravenously delivered rAAVrh. 8 and rAAVrh. 10 and nonhuman primates by rAAVrh. 10

B Yang, S Li, H Wang, Y Guo, DJ Gessler, C Cao… - Molecular Therapy, 2014 - cell.com
Some recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAVs) can cross the neonatal blood–brain
barrier (BBB) and efficiently transduce cells of the central nervous system (CNS). However …

B cells in the multiple sclerosis central nervous system: trafficking and contribution to CNS-compartmentalized inflammation

L Michel, H Touil, NB Pikor, JL Gommerman… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Clinical trial results of peripheral B cell depletion indicate abnormal proinflammatory B cell
properties, and particularly antibody-independent functions, contribute to relapsing MS …

Dendritic cells control lymphocyte entry to lymph nodes through high endothelial venules

C Moussion, JP Girard - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
While patrolling the body in search of foreign antigens, naive lymphocytes continuously
circulate from the blood, through the lymph nodes, into the lymphatic vessels and back to the …

High endothelial venules (HEVs): specialized endothelium for lymphocyte migration

JP Girard, TA Springer - Immunology today, 1995 - cell.com
High endothelial venules (HEVs? are specialized postcapillary venules found in lymphoid
tissues that support high levels of lymphocyte extravasation from the blood. Here, Jean …