Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33377610›Full record

ReviewCNS neuroscience & therapeutics2021

Endothelial glycocalyx as an important factor in composition of blood-brain barrier.

Fangfang Zhao, Liyuan Zhong, Yumin Luo

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Review in CNS neuroscience & therapeutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Fangfang ZhaoInstitute of Cerebrovascular Disease Research and Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Liyuan ZhongInstitute of Cerebrovascular Disease Research and Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Yumin LuoInstitute of Cerebrovascular Disease Research and Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2712-8974
Capital Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The blood-brain barrier is a dynamic and complex neurovascular unit that protects neurons from somatic circulatory factors as well as regulates the internal environmental stability of the central nervous system. Endothelial glycocalyx is a critical component of an extended neurovascular unit that influences the structure of the blood-brain barrier and plays various physiological functions, including an important role in maintaining normal neuronal homeostasis. Specifically, glycocalyx acts in physical and charge barriers, mechanical transduction, regulation of vascular permeability, modulation of inflammatory response, and anticoagulation. Since intact glycocalyx is necessary to maintain the stability and integrity of the internal environment of the blood-brain barrier, damage to glycocalyx can lead to the dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier. This review discusses the role of glycocalyx in the context of the substantial literature regarding the blood-brain barrier research, in order to provide a theoretical basis for the diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases as well as point to new breakthroughs and innovations in glycocalyx-dependent blood-brain barrier function.

Indexed as

AnimalsAstrocytesBlood-Brain BarrierBrainCapillary PermeabilityEndothelium, VascularGlycocalyxHumansblood-brain barrierendothelial glycocalyxheparan sulfatepermeability

Identifiers

PMID33377610
PMCPMC7804892
OpenAlexW3115476797

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