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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
Cerebral endothelial cells (CEC) are critical for formation of the vascular system in the mammalian central nervous system (CNS). We focused on the neurotrophin (NT) for its possible involvement in signaling for the regulation of CEC to control formation and maintenance of the vascular system in CNS in comparison of rat cerebral endothelial cells (RCEC) with rat aortic endothelial cells (RAEC). We found that (1) trk C, a receptor for neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), is dominantly expressed in RCEC, but trk B, a receptor for brain-derived neurotrophic factor, is dominantly expressed in RAEC; (2) NT-3 inhibited the proliferation of RCEC; and (3) NT-3 stimulated the production of nitric oxide (NO) with increases in protein expression of endothelial NO synthase. These data indicated that NT may regulate and/or maintain the functions of the brain microvasculature through the regulation of CEC.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
305
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
400-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Aorta, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Cell Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Nerve Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Neurotrophin 3, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Nitric Oxide Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Nitric Oxide Synthase Type III, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Receptor, trkC, pubmed-meshheading:12745089-Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Rat cerebral endothelial cells express trk C and are regulated by neurotrophin-3.
pubmed:affiliation
The Department of Clinical Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuou-ku, Chiba-city, 260-8655, Chiba, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study