2014
African Trypanosome-Induced Blood–Brain Barrier Dysfunction under Shear Stress May Not Require ERK Activation
Sumpio BJ, Chitragari G, Moriguchi T, Shalaby S, Pappas-Brown V, Khan AM, Sekaran SD, Sumpio BE, Grab DJ. African Trypanosome-Induced Blood–Brain Barrier Dysfunction under Shear Stress May Not Require ERK Activation. International Journal Of Angiology 2014, 24: 41-46. PMID: 27053915, PMCID: PMC4813428, DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1370890.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman brain microvascular endothelial cellsBrain microvascular endothelial cellsTransendothelial electrical resistanceBlood-brain barrierBrain postcapillary venulesBrain barrier dysfunctionMicrovascular endothelial cellsPhosphorylation of ERK1/2Parasite cysteine proteasesNeurological symptomsBBB permeabilityBarrier dysfunctionExtracellular signal-regulated kinaseBrain capillariesMicrovascular permeabilityAbsence of trypanosomesHuman African trypanosomiasisSignal-regulated kinasePostcapillary venulesTransient increaseEndothelial cellsBarrier functionElectric cell-substrate impedance sensingProtozoan parasiteTrypanosome infection
1998
Antiproliferative effect of elevated glucose in human microvascular endothelial cells
Kamal K, Du W, Mills I, Sumpio B. Antiproliferative effect of elevated glucose in human microvascular endothelial cells. Journal Of Cellular Biochemistry 1998, 71: 491-501. PMID: 9827695, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4644(19981215)71:4<491::aid-jcb4>3.0.co;2-p.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMicrovascular endothelial cellsElevated glucoseHMEC-1Endothelial cellsAntiproliferative effectsDiabetic microangiopathyDiabetic foot ulcerationHuman dermal microvascular endothelial cellsCyclic AMP accumulationMicrovascular endothelial cell lineDermal microvascular endothelial cellsHuman microvascular endothelial cellsImmortalized human dermal microvascular endothelial cell lineHigh D-glucoseDeleterious effectsHuman dermal microvascular endothelial cell linePrimary cultured cellsEndothelial cell lineFoot ulcerationHMEC-1 proliferationProliferative responseAMP accumulationPathological complicationsMolecular pathophysiologyRp-cAMPS