The blood–brain barrier: structure, regulation, and drug delivery

D Wu, Q Chen, X Chen, F Han, Z Chen… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a natural protective membrane that prevents central nervous
system (CNS) from toxins and pathogens in blood. However, the presence of BBB …

Tumor angiogenesis: causes, consequences, challenges and opportunities

R Lugano, M Ramachandran, A Dimberg - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2020 - Springer
Tumor vascularization occurs through several distinct biological processes, which not only
vary between tumor type and anatomic location, but also occur simultaneously within the …

Development, maintenance and disruption of the blood-brain barrier

B Obermeier, R Daneman, RM Ransohoff - Nature medicine, 2013 - nature.com
The interface between the blood circulation and the neural tissue features unique
characteristics that are encompassed by the term'blood-brain barrier'(BBB). The main …

[HTML][HTML] Pericytes: developmental, physiological, and pathological perspectives, problems, and promises

A Armulik, G Genové, C Betsholtz - Developmental cell, 2011 - cell.com
Pericytes, the mural cells of blood microvessels, have recently come into focus as regulators
of vascular morphogenesis and function during development, cardiovascular homeostasis …

Blood-brain barrier dysfunction and recovery after ischemic stroke

X Jiang, AV Andjelkovic, L Zhu, T Yang… - Progress in …, 2018 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) plays a vital role in regulating the trafficking of fluid, solutes
and cells at the blood-brain interface and maintaining the homeostatic microenvironment of …

Vascular-specific growth factors and blood vessel formation

GD Yancopoulos, S Davis, NW Gale, JS Rudge… - nature, 2000 - nature.com
A recent explosion in newly discovered vascular growth factors has coincided with
exploitation of powerful new genetic approaches for studying vascular development. An …

Role of platelet-derived growth factors in physiology and medicine

J Andrae, R Gallini, C Betsholtz - Genes & development, 2008 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs) and their receptors (PDGFRs) have served as
prototypes for growth factor and receptor tyrosine kinase function for more than 25 years …

Transport of drugs from blood vessels to tumour tissue

MW Dewhirst, TW Secomb - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2017 - nature.com
The effectiveness of anticancer drugs in treating a solid tumour is dependent on delivery of
the drug to virtually all cancer cells in the tumour. The distribution of drug in tumour tissue …

Bone marrow stromal stem cells: nature, biology, and potential applications

P Bianco, M Riminucci, S Gronthos, PG Robey - Stem cells, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Bone marrow stromal cells are progenitors of skeletal tissue components such as bone,
cartilage, the hematopoiesis-supporting stroma, and adipocytes. In addition, they may be …

Endothelial/pericyte interactions

A Armulik, A Abramsson, C Betsholtz - Circulation research, 2005 - Am Heart Assoc
Interactions between endothelial cells and mural cells (pericytes and vascular smooth
muscle cells) in the blood vessel wall have recently come into focus as central processes in …