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Brain microvascular pericytes are immunoactive in culture: cytokine, chemokine, nitric oxide, and LRP-1 expression in response to lipopolysaccharide

BACKGROUND: Brain microvascular pericytes are important constituents of the neurovascular unit. These cells are physically the closest cells to the microvascular endothelial cells in brain capillaries. They significantly contribute to the induction and maintenance of the barrier functions of the blo...

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Autores principales: Kovac, Andrej, Erickson, Michelle A, Banks, William A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3207972/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21995440
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-2094-8-139