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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Microvascular Environment Influences Brain Microvascular Heterogeneity: Relative Roles of Astrocytes and Oligodendrocytes for the EPCR Expression in the Brain Endothelium.

Manjusha Thakar, Midrelle E Noumbissi, Monique F Stins

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Manjusha ThakarMalaria Research Institute, Department Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins School Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-8886-6443
Midrelle E NoumbissiMalaria Research Institute, Department Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins School Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Monique F StinsMalaria Research Institute, Department Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, Johns Hopkins School Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Brain vascular dysfunction in cerebral malariaR01HL130649 · NHLBI · LA JOLLA INFECTIOUS DISEASE INSTITUTE · PI STINS, MONIQUE F, VAN DER HEYDE, HENRI C · 2015 to 2018
$2.0M
Brain Vascular HeterogeneityR21NS114461 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI PARDO-VILLAMIZAR, CARLOS A, STINS, MONIQUE F · 2021 to 2022
$519k
White Matter Vessels Incerebral MalariaR21NS090233 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI STINS, MONIQUE F · 2015 to 2016
$446k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL130649NIH HHS RO1 HL130649, R21 NS114461NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS090233NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS114461
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postmortem neuropathology shows clear regional differences in many brain diseases. For example, brains from cerebral malaria (CM) patients show more hemorrhagic punctae in the brain's white matter (WM) than grey matter (GM). The underlying reason for these differential pathologies is unknown. Here, we assessed the effect of the vascular microenvironment on brain endothelial phenotype, focusing endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR). We demonstrate that the basal level of EPCR expression in cerebral microvessels is heterogeneous in the WM compared to the GM. We used in vitro brain endothelial cell cultures and showed that the upregulation of EPCR expression was associated with exposure to oligodendrocyte conditioned media (OCM) compared to astrocyte conditioned media (ACM). Our findings shed light on the origin of the heterogeneity of molecular phenotypes at the microvascular level and might help better understand the variation in pathology seen in CM and other neuropathologies associated with vasculature in various brain regions.

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AstrocytesEndothelial Protein C ReceptorMalaria, CerebralBrainCulture Media, ConditionedEndotheliumHumansOligodendrogliaCulture Media, ConditionedEndothelial Protein C ReceptorPROCR protein, humanastrocytesblood–brain barriercerebral blood vesselscerebral malariaendothelial protein C receptorgrey matterheterogeneityoligodendrocyteswhite matter

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PMID37108071
PMCPMC10138692
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