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Claudin 5 Across the Vascular Landscape: From Blood-Tissue Barrier Regulation to Disease Mechanisms.

Mohamed S Selim, Bayan R Matani, Harry O Henry-Ojo, S Priya Narayanan, Payaningal R Somanath

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Review in Cells, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Mohamed S SelimClinical and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1814-4358
Bayan R MataniClinical and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9748-0765
Harry O Henry-OjoClinical and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-3196-8520
S Priya NarayananClinical and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8842-622X
Payaningal R SomanathClinical and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3017-0230

Funding

Implementing a Maternal health and PRegnancy Outcomes Vision for Everyone (IMPROVE)UL1TR002378 · NCATS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Andres J Garcia, Elizabeth O. Ofili · 2017 to 2026
$92.1M
Mechanisms of neurodegeneration in diabetic retinopathy: Role of spermine oxidaseR01EY028569 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA · PI NARAYANAN, PRIYA · 2018 to 2023
$1.8M
BLRD VA I01 BX005193NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002378NEI NIH HHS R01 EY028569NIH HHS UL1TR002378
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Claudin 5 (Cldn5) is a critical tight junction protein essential for maintaining paracellular barrier integrity across endothelial and epithelial cells in barrier-forming tissues, including the blood-brain barrier and blood-retinal barrier. Cldn5 plays a central role in regulating vascular permeability, immune responses, and tissue homeostasis. The complex distribution and organ-specific regulation of Cldn5 underscore its potential as a promising therapeutic target. This review comprehensively analyzes the role of Cldn5 in endothelial and epithelial barrier function, its regulation of vascular permeability, and the discrepancies in the literature regarding its expression, regulation, and function in both physiological and pathological conditions across multiple organ systems, including the retina, brain, lung, heart, gut, kidney, liver, skin, and peripheral nerves, while emphasizing its tissue-specific expression patterns. We discuss how both reduced and excessive expressions of Cldn5 can disrupt barrier integrity and contribute to the pathogenesis of ischemic retinopathies, neuroinflammation, cardiovascular injury, and other forms of barrier dysfunction. Furthermore, we explore the dual role of Cldn5 as both a biomarker and a therapeutic target, highlighting emerging strategies such as RNA silencing, pharmacological stabilizers, and transcriptional modulators in controlling barrier leakage in disease conditions.

Indexed as

Blood-Brain BarrierClaudin-5AnimalsBlood-Retinal BarrierCapillary PermeabilityEndothelial CellsHumansTight JunctionsClaudin-5blood-tissue barrierclaudin 5endothelial-barrierorgan injurytight junctionvascular permeability

Identifiers

PMID40940757
PMCPMC12427713

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