Neuroinflammation: friend and foe for ischemic stroke

RL Jayaraj, S Azimullah, R Beiram, FY Jalal… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Stroke, the third leading cause of death and disability worldwide, is undergoing a change in
perspective with the emergence of new ideas on neurodegeneration. The concept that …

Regulation of blood–brain barrier integrity by microglia in health and disease: a therapeutic opportunity

PT Ronaldson, TP Davis - Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a critical regulator of CNS homeostasis. It possesses
physical and biochemical characteristics (ie tight junction protein complexes, transporters) …

Immune cells in the BBB disruption after acute ischemic stroke: targets for immune therapy?

Y Qiu, C Zhang, A Chen, H Wang, Y Zhou… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) disruption is an important pathophysiological process of acute
ischemic stroke (AIS), resulting in devastating malignant brain edema and hemorrhagic …

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 …

Pericytes and neurovascular function in the healthy and diseased brain

LS Brown, CG Foster, JM Courtney, NE King… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Pericytes are multi-functional cells embedded within the walls of capillaries throughout the
body, including the brain. Pericytes were first identified in the 1870s, but little attention was …

Cerebral vascular disease and neurovascular injury in ischemic stroke

X Hu, TM De Silva, J Chen, FM Faraci - Circulation research, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
The consequences of cerebrovascular disease are among the leading health issues
worldwide. Large and small cerebral vessel disease can trigger stroke and contribute to the …

Astrocyte activation in neurovascular damage and repair following ischaemic stroke

A Patabendige, A Singh, S Jenkins, J Sen… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Transient or permanent loss of tissue perfusion due to ischaemic stroke can lead to damage
to the neurovasculature, and disrupt brain homeostasis, causing long-term motor and …

Brain microvascular pericytes in vascular cognitive impairment and dementia

MT Uemura, T Maki, M Ihara, VMY Lee… - Frontiers in aging …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Pericytes are unique, multi-functional mural cells localized at the abluminal side of the
perivascular space in microvessels. Originally discovered in 19th century, pericytes had …

Brain arteriolosclerosis

BL Blevins, HV Vinters, S Love, DM Wilcock… - Acta …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Brain arteriolosclerosis (B-ASC), characterized by pathologic arteriolar wall
thickening, is a common finding at autopsy in aged persons and is associated with cognitive …

Brain pericytes as mediators of neuroinflammation

J Rustenhoven, D Jansson, LC Smyth… - Trends in …, 2017 - cell.com
Brain pericytes are perivascular cells that regulate capillary function, and this localization
puts them in a pivotal position for the regulation of central nervous system (CNS) …