| Literature DB >> 6726282 |
D W Beck, H V Vinters, M N Hart, P A Cancilla.
Abstract
Polarity has been shown to exist at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) with respect to Na+-dependent neutral amino acid transport. A situation similar to the endothelial-astrocyte relationship existing at the BBB can be produced by growing cultured cerebral endothelium on one side of a filter and C6 glial cells on the other in an enclosed double chamber. In this setting 3H-alpha-methylaminoisobutyric acid transport can be demonstrated and is more rapid from the glial surface across the endothelium, as compared with transport in the opposite direction. The observation supports a glial influence on BBB polarity in this system.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6726282 DOI: 10.1097/00005072-198405000-00001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neuropathol Exp Neurol ISSN: 0022-3069 Impact factor: 3.685