The role of plasmalemma vesicle-associated protein in pathological breakdown of blood–brain and blood–retinal barriers: potential novel therapeutic target for cerebral edema and diabetic macular edema

Abstract Breakdown of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) or inner blood–retinal barrier (BRB), induced by pathologically elevated levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or other mediators, can lead to vasogenic edema and significant clinical problems such as neuronal morbidity and mortality,...

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Main Authors: Esmeralda K. Bosma, Cornelis J. F. van Noorden, Reinier O. Schlingemann, Ingeborg Klaassen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12987-018-0109-2