Astrocyte–endothelial interactions at the blood–brain barrier
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...The main functional components of the BBB are the endothelial tight junctions [1, 11]....
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...impedes the influx into brain parenchyma of certain molecules on the basis of polarity and size [1, 11]....
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...Numerous lines of in vitro evidence indicate that astrocytes can induce barrier properties in cerebral and other endothelial cells as well as in related epithelial, arguing in favor of a role for astrocytes in BBB induction [1, 11, 17, 208]....
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...The BBB is composed of tightly adjoined endothelial cells that are further lined by basal lamina and astrocyte foot processes (Abbott et al., 2006)....
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...The barrier function is not fixed, but can bemodulated and regulated, both in physiology and in pathology (Abbott et al., 2006)....
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...Barrier layers at the key interfaces between blood and neural tissue play a major role in this regulation (Abbott et al., 2006)....
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...Pericytes, microglia and nerve terminals are also closely associated with the endothelium, and play supporting roles in barrier induction, maintenance and function (Abbott et al., 2006; Shimizu et al., 2008; Nakagawa et al., 2009)....
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...In summary the CNS barriers together provide the stable fluid microenvironment that is critical for complex neural function, and protect the CNS from chemical insult and damage....
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...…junctions’ (zonulae occludentes) are a key feature of the BBB and significantly reduce permeation of polar solutes through paracellular diffusional pathways between the endothelial cells from the blood plasma to the brain extracellular fluid (Begley and Brightman, 2003; Wolburg et al., 2009)....
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...under normal and pathological conditions (Abbott et al., 2006)....
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...If they cross the BBB due to an ischemic injury, intracerebral hemorrhage, trauma, neurodegenerative process, inflammation, or vascular disorder, this typically generates neurotoxic products that can compromise synaptic and neuronal functions (Zlokovic, 2005; Hawkins and Davis, 2005; Abbott et al., 2006)....
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...…cross the BBB due to an ischemic injury, intracerebral hemorrhage, trauma, neurodegenerative process, inflammation, or vascular disorder, this typically generates neurotoxic products that can compromise synaptic and neuronal functions (Zlokovic, 2005; Hawkins and Davis, 2005; Abbott et al., 2006)....
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...Astrocyte-BEC interactions have a major role in regulating brain water and electrolyte metabolism under normal and pathological conditions (Abbott et al., 2006)....
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...In astrocytes, this can trigger the production of interleukin-6 (IL-6) through activation of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) (1)....
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...the brain endothelium forming the blood–brain barrier (BBB) (1), the arachnoid epithelium...
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