The Blood-brain barrier : cellular and molecular biology

Part 1 Cell-cell interactions: brain microvessels and microvascular cells in vitro, John Laterra and Gary W. Goldstein brain endothelial-astrocyte interactions, P.A. Cancilla, et al antigen presentation at the cerebral microvasculature, Zsusanna Fabry and Michael N. Hart lymphocyte traffic to the brain, Hartmut Wekerle cell-cell adhesion molecules of the blood-brain barrier, Ronald L. Heimark. Part 2 Subcellular organelle function: tight junctions of brain endothelium and epithelium, M.W. Brightman and J.H. Tao-cheng microvascular pericytes in development and disease, Ira M. Herman morphological evidence of the functional polarization of brain microvascular endothelium, Andrzej W. Vorbrodt a cell biological perspective for the transcytosis of peptides and proteins through the mammalian blood-brain fluid barriers, Richard D. Broadwell and William A. Banks lysosomes of brain and other vascular endothelia, Kenneth L. Audus and Thomas J. Raub. Part 3 Signal transcution mechanisms: receptor-mediated transport of peptides and proteins across the blood-brain barrier, Phillip M. Friden brain microvascular vasoactive agents - receptors and mechanisms of action, Christian Frelin and Paul Vigne brain microvascular cyclic nucleotides and protein phosphorylation, Ferenc Joo phosphoinositide turnover in the brain microvasculature, Lester R. Drewes oxygen free radicals and the brain microvasculature, A. Lorris Betz. Part 4 Gene expression: subtraction cloning of genes selectively expressed at the blood-brain barrier, Hartmut Weiler-Guettler, et al gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase - molecular cloning and structural and functional features of a blood-brain barrier market protein, Andreas Frey molecular cloning of a blood-brain barrier cell surface glycoprotein, Harald Seulberger and Werner Risau molecular cloning and regulation of gene expression of glood-brain barrier glucose transporter, William M. Pardridge and Ruben J. Boado molecular cloning of choroid plexus-specific transport proteins, Gerhard Schreiber, et al.