Modeling the neurovascular niche: VEGF‐ and BDNF‐mediated cross‐talk between neural stem cells and endothelial cells: An in vitro study
Li Q, Ford MC, Lavik EB, Madri JA. Modeling the neurovascular niche: VEGF‐ and BDNF‐mediated cross‐talk between neural stem cells and endothelial cells: An in vitro study. Journal Of Neuroscience Research 2006, 84: 1656-1668. PMID: 17061253, DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsAnimals, NewbornBrainBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCell CommunicationCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCoculture TechniquesEndothelial CellsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayGreen Fluorescent ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionModels, BiologicalNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsNitric OxidePlatelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1Stem CellsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AConceptsBrain-derived neurotrophic factorBrain-derived endothelial cellsNeural stem cellsNeurovascular nicheTube formationResident neural stem cellsEndothelial cellsCell-derived soluble factorsVascular endothelial growth factorStem cellsNitric oxide scavengerEndothelial growth factorPaucity of dataExogenous NO donorNeurotrophic factorStem cell modulationVascular tube formationCell modulationENOS activationNO donorSoluble factorsGrowth factorNeuronal differentiationReciprocal modulationInduction