Gliomas and the vascular fragility of the blood brain barrier

Astrocytes, members of the glial family, interact through the exchange of soluble factors or by directly contacting neurons and other brain cells, such as microglia and endothelial cells. Astrocytic projections interact with vessels and act as additional elements of the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB). By...

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Main Authors: Dubois, Luiz Gustavo, Campanati, Loraine, Righy, Cassia, D’Andrea-Meira, Isabella, Spohr, Tania Cristina Leite de Sampaio e, Porto-Carreiro, Isabel, Pereira, Claudia Maria, Balça-Silva, Joana, Kahn, Suzana Assad, DosSantos, Marcos F., Oliveira, Marcela de Almeida Rabello, Ximenes-da-Silva, Adriana, Lopes, Maria Celeste, Faveret, Eduardo, Gasparetto, Emerson Leandro, Moura-Neto, Vivaldo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4264502/