[HTML][HTML] Blood-brain barrier: from physiology to disease and back

MD Sweeney, Z Zhao, A Montagne… - Physiological …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents neurotoxic plasma components, blood cells, and
pathogens from entering the brain. At the same time, the BBB regulates transport of …

[HTML][HTML] The role of inflammation in the development of epilepsy

A Rana, AE Musto - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2018 - Springer
Epilepsy, a neurological disease characterized by recurrent seizures, is often associated
with a history of previous lesions in the nervous system. Impaired regulation of the activation …

Neuroimmune axes of the blood–brain barriers and blood–brain interfaces: bases for physiological regulation, disease states, and pharmacological interventions

MA Erickson, WA Banks - Pharmacological reviews, 2018 - ASPET
Central nervous system (CNS) barriers predominantly mediate the immune-privileged status
of the brain, and are also important regulators of neuroimmune communication. It is …

Ferritin nanocarrier traverses the blood brain barrier and kills glioma

K Fan, X Jia, M Zhou, K Wang, J Conde, J He, J Tian… - ACS …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the last decades, considerable efforts have been put into developing active nanocarrier
systems that cross the blood brain barrier (BBB) to treat brain-related diseases such as …

Impact on the brain of the inflammatory response to surgery

S Saxena, M Maze - La Presse Médicale, 2018 - Elsevier
The brain is both the orchestrator as well as the target of the innate immune system's
response to the aseptic trauma of surgery. When trauma-induced inflammation is not …

Blood–brain barrier and its function during inflammation and autoimmunity

SA Sonar, G Lal - Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is an important physiologic barrier that separates CNS from
soluble inflammatory mediators and effector immune cells from peripheral circulation. The …

The peripheral immune response after stroke—A double edge sword for blood‐brain barrier integrity

Y Li, ZY Zhu, TT Huang, YX Zhou… - CNS neuroscience & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The blood‐brain barrier (BBB) is a highly regulated interface that separates the peripheral
circulation and the brain. It plays a vital role in regulating the trafficking of solutes, fluid, and …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation and differential transcriptome of vascular smooth muscle cells and mid-capillary pericytes from the rat brain

S Chasseigneaux, Y Moraca, V Cochois-Guégan… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Brain mural cells form a heterogeneous family which significantly contributes to the
maintenance of the blood-brain barrier and regulation of the cerebral blood flow. Current …

Recombinant Netrin-1 binding UNC5B receptor attenuates neuroinflammation and brain injury via PPARγ/NFκB signaling pathway after subarachnoid hemorrhage in …

Z Xie, L Huang, B Enkhjargal, C Reis, W Wan… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Neuroinflammation is an essential mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of
subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)-induced brain injury. Recently, Netrin-1 (NTN-1) is well …

[HTML][HTML] EGFL7 reduces CNS inflammation in mouse

C Larochelle, T Uphaus, B Broux, E Gowing… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins secreted by blood-brain barrier (BBB) endothelial cells
(ECs) are implicated in cell trafficking. We discovered that the expression of ECM epidermal …