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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2015

Purification of Mouse Brain Vessels.

Anne-Cécile Boulay, Bruno Saubaméa, Xavier Declèves, Martine Cohen-Salmon

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anne-Cécile BoulayCollège de France, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7241, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale; Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Biologie; MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and Paris Science, Lettre Research University.
Bruno SaubaméaUniversité Paris Descartes, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Diderot.
Xavier DeclèvesUniversité Paris Descartes, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris Diderot.
Martine Cohen-SalmonCollège de France, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7241, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale; Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Biologie; MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and Paris Science, Lettre Research University; martine.cohen-salmon@college-de-france.fr.
Université Paris Cité · FRCentre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Biologie · FRCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the brain, most of the vascular system consists of a selective barrier, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that regulates the exchange of molecules and immune cells between the brain and the blood. Moreover, the huge neuronal metabolic demand requires a moment-to-moment regulation of blood flow. Notably, abnormalities of these regulations are etiological hallmarks of most brain pathologies; including glioblastoma, stroke, edema, epilepsy, degenerative diseases (ex: Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease), brain tumors, as well as inflammatory conditions such as multiple sclerosis, meningitis and sepsis-induced brain dysfunctions. Thus, understanding the signaling events modulating the cerebrovascular physiology is a major challenge. Much insight into the cellular and molecular properties of the various cell types that compose the cerebrovascular system can be gained from primary culture or cell sorting from freshly dissociated brain tissue. However, properties such as cell polarity, morphology and intercellular relationships are not maintained in such preparations. The protocol that we describe here is designed to purify brain vessel fragments, whilst maintaining structural integrity. We show that isolated vessels consist of endothelial cells sealed by tight junctions that are surrounded by a continuous basal lamina. Pericytes, smooth muscle cells as well as the perivascular astrocyte endfeet membranes remain attached to the endothelial layer. Finally, we describe how to perform immunostaining experiments on purified brain vessels.

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AnimalsBiological TransportBlood-Brain BarrierBrainCytological TechniquesEndothelial CellsMicePericytesSignal TransductionTight Junctions

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PMID26574794
PMCPMC4692710
OpenAlexW2181248553

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