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Characterization of the blood brain barrier in pediatric central nervous system neoplasms

OBJECTIVE: The normal blood–brain barrier (BBB) is composed of tight junctions between endothelial cells and surrounding astrocyte foot processes. Breakdown of the physiological astrocyte-endothelial cell relationship occurs in adult metastatic and primary brain tumors. However, the astrocyte-endoth...

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Autores principales: Hong, Christopher S., Ho, Winson, Piazza, Martin G., Ray-Chaudhury, Abhik, Zhuang, Zhengping, Heiss, John D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5132180/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27917302
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/jihp.20160623053540