Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Studies revealed that the pathogenesis of TBI involves upregulation of MMPs. MMPs form a large …
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) constitutes a neurovascular unit formed by microvascular endothelial cells, pericytes, and astrocytes. Brain pericytes are important regulators of BBB …
PM Abdul-Muneer, H Schuetz, F Wang… - Free Radical Biology …, 2013 - Elsevier
We investigate the hypothesis that oxidative damage of the cerebral vascular barrier interface (the blood–brain barrier, BBB) causes the development of mild traumatic brain …
Injury severity in blast induced Traumatic Brain Injury (bTBI) increases with blast overpressure (BOP) and impulse in dose-dependent manner. Pure primary blast waves …
H Peng, CRG Nickell, KY Chen, JA McClain, K Nixon - Alcohol, 2017 - Elsevier
Microglia activation and neuroinflammation are common features of neurodegenerative conditions, including alcohol use disorders (AUDs). When activated, microglia span a …
Y Xiang, B Wang, W Yang, X Zheng, R Chen… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The application of nanomedicines for glioblastoma (GBM) therapy is hampered by the blood– brain barrier (BBB) and the dense glioblastoma tissue. To achieve efficient BBB crossing …
A Ramos, RS Joshi, G Szabo - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alcohol use disorder is associated with systemic inflammation and organ dysfunction especially in the liver and the brain. For more than a decade, studies have highlighted …
JY Yang, X Xue, H Tian, XX Wang, YX Dong… - Pharmacology & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Alcohol abuse can result in significant alterations to the structure of the brain and ultimately to behavioral dysfunctions. Epidemiological studies have shown that alcoholism is closely …
PMA Muneer, S Alikunju, AM Szlachetka… - … , and vascular biology, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective—Blood-brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction caused by activation of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) is a pathological feature in vascular/neurological disease. We …