Hematopoietic stem cell factors: their functional role in self-renewal and clinical aspects

Z Mann, M Sengar, YK Verma, R Rajalingam… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) possess two important properties such as self-renewal and
differentiation. These properties of HSCs are maintained through hematopoiesis. This …

Endothelial-specific cre mouse models: is your cre credibile?

S Payne, S De Val, A Neal - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
The field of vascular biology has gained enormous insight from the use of Cre and inducible
Cre mouse models to temporally and spatially manipulate gene expression within the …

Characteristics of blood–brain barrier heterogeneity between brain regions revealed by profiling vascular and perivascular cells

SJ Pfau, UH Langen, TM Fisher, I Prakash… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) protects the brain and maintains neuronal homeostasis. BBB
properties can vary between brain regions to support regional functions, yet how BBB …

Chemotherapy elicits pro-metastatic extracellular vesicles in breast cancer models

I Keklikoglou, C Cianciaruso, E Güç, ML Squadrito… - Nature cell …, 2019 - nature.com
Cytotoxic chemotherapy is an effective treatment for invasive breast cancer. However,
experimental studies in mice also suggest that chemotherapy has pro-metastatic effects …

An RNA-sequencing transcriptome and splicing database of glia, neurons, and vascular cells of the cerebral cortex

Y Zhang, K Chen, SA Sloan, ML Bennett… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
The major cell classes of the brain differ in their developmental processes, metabolism,
signaling, and function. To better understand the functions and interactions of the cell types …

Regional blood flow in the normal and ischemic brain is controlled by arteriolar smooth muscle cell contractility and not by capillary pericytes

RA Hill, L Tong, P Yuan, S Murikinati, S Gupta… - Neuron, 2015 - cell.com
The precise regulation of cerebral blood flow is critical for normal brain function, and its
disruption underlies many neuropathologies. The extent to which smooth muscle-covered …

Post-capillary venules are the key locus for transcytosis-mediated brain delivery of therapeutic nanoparticles

K Kucharz, K Kristensen, KB Johnsen, MA Lund… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Effective treatments of neurodegenerative diseases require drugs to be actively transported
across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). However, nanoparticle drug carriers explored for this …

Angiotensin inhibition enhances drug delivery and potentiates chemotherapy by decompressing tumour blood vessels

VP Chauhan, JD Martin, H Liu, DA Lacorre… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Cancer and stromal cells actively exert physical forces (solid stress) to compress tumour
blood vessels, thus reducing vascular perfusion. Tumour interstitial matrix also contributes to …

Lactate induces vascular permeability via disruption of VE-cadherin in endothelial cells during sepsis

K Yang, M Fan, X Wang, J Xu, Y Wang, PS Gill… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Circulating lactate levels are a critical biomarker for sepsis and are positively correlated with
sepsis-associated mortality. We investigated whether lactate plays a biological role in …

Transcriptional and epigenomic landscapes of CNS and non-CNS vascular endothelial cells

MF Sabbagh, JS Heng, C Luo, RG Castanon, JR Nery… - elife, 2018 - elifesciences.org
Vascular endothelial cell (EC) function depends on appropriate organ-specific molecular
and cellular specializations. To explore genomic mechanisms that control this specialization …