The blood-brain barrier in aging and neurodegeneration

EG Knox, MR Aburto, G Clarke, JF Cryan… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is vital for maintaining brain homeostasis by enabling an
exquisite control of exchange of compounds between the blood and the brain parenchyma …

[HTML][HTML] Blood-brain barrier: from physiology to disease and back

MD Sweeney, Z Zhao, A Montagne… - Physiological …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents neurotoxic plasma components, blood cells, and
pathogens from entering the brain. At the same time, the BBB regulates transport of …

The role of brain vasculature in neurodegenerative disorders

MD Sweeney, K Kisler, A Montagne, AW Toga… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Adequate supply of blood and structural and functional integrity of blood vessels are key to
normal brain functioning. On the other hand, cerebral blood flow shortfalls and blood–brain …

Blood–brain barrier breakdown in Alzheimer disease and other neurodegenerative disorders

MD Sweeney, AP Sagare, BV Zlokovic - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2018 - nature.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a continuous endothelial membrane within brain
microvessels that has sealed cell-to-cell contacts and is sheathed by mural vascular cells …

Vascular dysfunction—the disregarded partner of Alzheimer's disease

MD Sweeney, A Montagne, AP Sagare, DA Nation… - Alzheimer's & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence recognizes Alzheimer's disease (AD) as a multifactorial and
heterogeneous disease with multiple contributors to its pathophysiology, including vascular …

Astrocytes: role and functions in brain pathologies

R Siracusa, R Fusco, S Cuzzocrea - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes are a population of cells with distinctive morphological and functional
characteristics that differ within specific areas of the brain. Postnatally, astrocyte progenitors …

An atlas of cortical circular RNA expression in Alzheimer disease brains demonstrates clinical and pathological associations

U Dube, JL Del-Aguila, Z Li, JP Budde, S Jiang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Parietal cortex RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) data were generated from individuals with and
without Alzheimer disease (AD; n control= 13; n AD= 83) from the Knight Alzheimer Disease …

Involvement of astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease from a neuroinflammatory and oxidative stress perspective

RE González-Reyes, MO Nava-Mesa… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a frequent and devastating neurodegenerative disease in
humans, but still no curative treatment has been developed. Although many explicative …

Brain insulin resistance at the crossroads of metabolic and cognitive disorders in humans

S Kullmann, M Heni, M Hallschmid… - Physiological …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Ever since the brain was identified as an insulin-sensitive organ, evidence has rapidly
accumulated that insulin action in the brain produces multiple behavioral and metabolic …

Age-associated physiological and pathological changes at the blood–brain barrier: A review

F Erdő, L Denes, E de Lange - Journal of Cerebral Blood …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
The age-associated decline of the neurological and cognitive functions becomes more and
more serious challenge for the developed countries with the increasing number of aged …