2021
ENT2 facilitates brain endothelial cell penetration and blood-brain barrier transport by a tumor-targeting anti-DNA autoantibody
Rattray Z, Deng G, Zhang S, Shirali A, May CK, Chen X, Cuffari BJ, Liu J, Zou P, Rattray N, Johnson CH, Dubljevic V, Campbell JA, Huttner A, Baehring JM, Zhou J, Hansen JE. ENT2 facilitates brain endothelial cell penetration and blood-brain barrier transport by a tumor-targeting anti-DNA autoantibody. JCI Insight 2021, 6: e145875. PMID: 34128837, PMCID: PMC8410084, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.145875.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood-brain barrierAnti-DNA autoantibodiesBrain tumorsBreast cancer brain metastasesBlood-brain barrier transportBrain tumor immunotherapyCancer brain metastasesBrain endothelial cellsEndothelial cell penetrationCNS lupusNeurotoxic autoantibodiesBrain metastasesTumor immunotherapyBarrier transportAntibody-based approachesCNS penetrationAutoantibodiesEfficacy studiesOrthotopic glioblastomaEndothelial cellsTumorsCancer cellsNucleoside fluxesActionable mechanismsKey transporters
2017
A p190BRhoGAP mutation and prolonged RhoB activation in fatal systemic capillary leak syndrome
Pierce RW, Merola J, Lavik JP, Kluger MS, Huttner A, Khokha MK, Pober JS. A p190BRhoGAP mutation and prolonged RhoB activation in fatal systemic capillary leak syndrome. Journal Of Experimental Medicine 2017, 214: 3497-3505. PMID: 29097442, PMCID: PMC5716031, DOI: 10.1084/jem.20162143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor necrosis factorSystemic capillary leakDermal microvascular endothelial cellsMicrovascular endothelial cellsPatient-derived endothelial cellsEndothelial cellsCapillary leakNormal human dermal microvascular endothelial cellsSystemic capillary leak syndromeBarrier functionCapillary leak syndromeHuman dermal microvascular endothelial cellsTransendothelial electrical resistanceEC barrier functionNormal endothelial cellsLeak syndromeCritical illnessFatal casesNecrosis factorBarrier recoverySiRNA knockdownEC culturesRhoB activationGreater increaseJunctional proteins