Astrocyte Endfeet in Brain Function and Pathology: Open Questions.
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "Annual review of neuroscience"
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-091922-031205
Abstract: Astrocyte endfeet enwrap the entire vascular tree within the central nervous system, where they perform important functions in regulating the blood-brain barrier (BBB), cerebral blood flow, nutrient uptake, and waste clearance. Accordingly, astrocyte endfeet contain… read more here.
Keywords: pathology; function; astrocyte endfeet; endfeet brain ... See more keywords
The Readthrough Isoform AQP4ex Is Constitutively Phosphorylated in the Perivascular Astrocyte Endfeet of Human Brain
Sign Up to like & getrecommendations! Published in 2022 at "Biomolecules"
DOI: 10.3390/biom12050633
Abstract: AQP4ex is a recently discovered isoform of AQP4 generated by a translational readthrough mechanism. It is strongly expressed at the astrocyte perivascular endfeet as a component of the supramolecular membrane complex, commonly called orthogonal array… read more here.
Keywords: perivascular astrocyte; human brain; aqp4ex; astrocyte endfeet ... See more keywords