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Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Mediates the Blood–Brain Barrier Dysfunction Induced by Activated Microglia in Mouse Brain Microvascular Endothelial Cells

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Autocrine and paracrine up-regulation of blood–brain barrier function by plasminogen activator inhibitor-1

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TNF receptor 2 pathway: drug target for autoimmune diseases

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Pericytes Control Key Neurovascular Functions and Neuronal Phenotype in the Adult Brain and during Brain Aging

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IL-17 Stimulates Migration of Carotid Artery Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in an MMP-9 Dependent Manner via p38 MAPK and ERK1/2-Dependent NF-κB and AP-1 Activation

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IL-1β induces MMP-9 expression via a Ca2+-dependent CaMKII/JNK/c-JUN cascade in rat brain astrocytes

(2009) Cheng-Ying Wu et al.   GLIA

CNS pericytes: Concepts, misconceptions, and a way out

(2009) Martin Krueger et al.   GLIA

Increased Brain Microvascular MMP-9 and Incidence of Haemorrhagic Transformation in Obese Mice after Experimental Stroke

(2009) Barry W McColl et al.   JOURNAL OF CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW AND METABOLISM

Matrix metalloproteinases and their multiple roles in neurodegenerative diseases

(2009) Gary A Rosenberg   LANCET NEUROLOGY

Pericyte contraction induced by oxidative-nitrative stress impairs capillary reflow despite successful opening of an occluded cerebral artery

(2009) Muge Yemisci et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

The blood-brain barrier in brain homeostasis and neurological diseases

(2008) Nicolas Weiss et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Detachment of Brain Pericytes from the Basal Lamina is Involved in Disruption of the Blood–Brain Barrier Caused by Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Sepsis in Mice

(2008) Tsuyoshi Nishioku et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

Cytokine Transport Across the Injured Blood-Spinal Cord Barrier

(2008) Weihong Pan et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

A novel method to establish microglia-free astrocyte cultures: Comparison of matrix metalloproteinase expression profiles in pure cultures of astrocytes and microglia

(2008) Stephen J. Crocker et al.   GLIA

Bradykinin induces matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression and cell migration through a PKC-δ-dependent ERK/Elk-1 pathway in astrocytes

(2008) Hsi-Lung Hsieh et al.   GLIA

The Hemopexin Domain of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Activates Cell Signaling and Promotes Migration of Schwann Cells by Binding to Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein

(2008) E. Mantuano et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A new blood–brain barrier model using primary rat brain endothelial cells, pericytes and astrocytes

(2008) Shinsuke Nakagawa et al.   NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL

Oncostatin M induces functional and structural impairment of blood–brain barriers comprised of rat brain capillary endothelial cells

(2008) Fuyuko Takata et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Adrenomedullin-induced relaxation of rat brain pericytes is related to the reduced phosphorylation of myosin light chain through the cAMP/PKA signaling pathway

(2008) Fuyuko Takata et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS