Targeting brain microvascular endothelial cells: a therapeutic approach to neuroprotection against stroke

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2015-11-21
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Brainmicrovascularendothelialcellsformtheinterfacebetweennervoustissueandcirculatingblood,andregulatecentralnervoussystemhomeostasis.Brainmicrovascularendothelialcellsdifferfromperipheralendothelialcellswithregardsexpressionofspecificiontransportersandreceptors,andcontainfewerfenestrationsandpinocytoticvesicles.Brainmicrovascularendothelialcellsalsosynthesizeseveralfactorsthatinfluencebloodvesselfunction.Thisreviewdescribesthemorphologicalcharacteristicsandfunctionsofbrainmicrovascularendothelialcells,andsummarizescurrentknowledgeregardingchangesinbrainmicrovascularendothelialcellsduringstrokeprogressionandtherapies.Futurestudiesshouldfocusonidentifyingmechanismsunderlyingsuchchangesanddevelopingpossibleneuroprotectivetherapeuticinterventions.