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CNS angiogenesis and barriergenesis occur simultaneously.
Developmental biology - 15 May 2017
Umans Robyn A, Henson Hannah E, Mu Fangzhou, Parupalli Chaithanyarani, Ju Bensheng, Peters Jennifer L, Lanham Kevin A, Plavicki Jessica S, Taylor Michael R
Abstract excerpt
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) plays a vital role in the central nervous system (CNS). A comprehensive understanding of BBB development has been hampered by difficulties in observing the differentiation of brain endothelial cells (BECs) in real-time. Here, we generated two transgenic zebrafish line, Tg(glut1b:mCherry) and Tg(plvap:EGFP), to serve as in vivo reporters of BBB development. We showed that...
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