| Literature DB >> 22671606 |
Jingjing Zhang1, Martin Liss, Hartwig Wolburg, Ingolf E Blasig, Salim Abdelilah-Seyfried.
Abstract
Zebrafish brain ventricle morphogenesis involves an initial circulation-independent opening followed by a blood flow- and circulation-dependent expansion process. Zebrafish claudin-5a is required for the establishment of a neuroepithelial-ventricular barrier, which maintains the hydrostatic pressure within the ventricular cavity, thereby contributing to brain ventricle opening and expansion. In mammalia, several claudin family members, including claudin-3 and claudin-5, are expressed within microvessel endothelial cells of the blood-brain barrier. Whether zebrafish brain ventricle morphogenesis provides a model for studying these claudins during early embryonic development was unknown. This review focuses on the expression and function of these zebrafish claudins during brain ventricle morphogenesis.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22671606 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06507.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann N Y Acad Sci ISSN: 0077-8923 Impact factor: 5.691