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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2019

The Blood-Brain Barrier and Its Intercellular Junctions in Age-Related Brain Disorders.

Laura Costea, Ádám Mészáros, Hannelore Bauer, Hans-Christian Bauer, Andreas Traweger, Imola Wilhelm, Attila E Farkas, István A Krizbai

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

62 citing papers in PubMed, 91 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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Laura CosteaInstitute of Life Sciences, Vasile Goldiş Western University of Arad, 310414 Arad, Romania. laura.m.costea@gmail.com.
Ádám MészárosInstitute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, 6726 Szeged, Hungary. meszaros.adam@brc.hu.ORCID 0000-0002-3220-1128
Hannelore BauerDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria. hannelore.bauer@sbg.ac.at.
Hans-Christian BauerInstitute of Tendon and Bone Regeneration, Paracelsus Medical University-Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria. hans.bauer@pmu.ac.at.
Andreas TrawegerInstitute of Tendon and Bone Regeneration, Paracelsus Medical University-Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Center Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg, Austria. andreas.traweger@pmu.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0002-0220-4766
Imola WilhelmInstitute of Life Sciences, Vasile Goldiş Western University of Arad, 310414 Arad, Romania. wilhelm.imola@brc.hu.
Attila E FarkasInstitute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, 6726 Szeged, Hungary. farkas.attilae@brc.hu.ORCID 0000-0002-9519-5968
István A KrizbaiInstitute of Life Sciences, Vasile Goldiş Western University of Arad, 310414 Arad, Romania. krizbai.istvan@brc.hu.
HUN-REN Szegedi Biológiai Kutatóközpont · HUUniversity of Salzburg · ATUniversity of Szeged · HUParacelsus Medical University · ATVasile Goldis Western University of Arad · RO

Funding

Emberi Eroforrások Minisztériuma UNKP-19-4-SZTE-43János Bolyai Research Fellowship of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences BO/00023/17/8Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal FK-124114Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-00020Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal GINOP-2.3.2-15-2016-0034Nemzeti Kutatási Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal K-116158UEFISCDI PNCDI III - PCE 2016 UEFISCDI PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2016-1352UEFISCDI PNCDI III - PCE 2016 Program PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2016-0408, 188 / 2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With age, our cognitive skills and abilities decline. Maybe starting as an annoyance, this decline can become a major impediment to normal daily life. Recent research shows that the neurodegenerative disorders responsible for age associated cognitive dysfunction are mechanistically linked to the state of the microvasculature in the brain. When the microvasculature does not function properly, ischemia, hypoxia, oxidative stress and related pathologic processes ensue, further damaging vascular and neural function. One of the most important and specialized functions of the brain microvasculature is the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which controls the movement of molecules between blood circulation and the brain parenchyma. In this review, we are focusing on tight junctions (TJs), the multiprotein complexes that play an important role in establishing and maintaining barrier function. After a short introduction of the cell types that modulate barrier function via intercellular communication, we examine how age, age related pathologies and the aging of the immune system affects TJs. Then, we review how the TJs are affected in age associated neurodegenerative disorders: Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Lastly, we summarize the TJ aspects of Huntington's disease and schizophrenia. Barrier dysfunction appears to be a common denominator in neurological disorders, warranting detailed research into the molecular mechanisms behind it. Learning the commonalities and differences in the pathomechanism of the BBB injury in different neurological disorders will predictably lead to development of new therapeutics that improve our life as we age.

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AgingAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierBrainHumansMicrovesselsNeurodegenerative DiseasesParkinson DiseaseTight Junctionsagingblood–brain barriertight junction

Identifiers

PMID31684130
PMCPMC6862160
OpenAlexW2986288691

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