Matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity and a downregulated Hedgehog pathway impair blood-brain barrier function in an in vitro model of CNS tuberculosis (2017-11-22) Brilha, Sara; Ong, Catherine W M; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Nacho; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier and Friedland, Jon S
Scientific Reports, 7, Article 16031
Current research into brain barriers and the delivery of therapeutics for neurological diseases: a report on CNS barrier congress London, UK, 2017. (2017-11-07) Greenwood, John; Hammarlund-Udenaes, Margareta; Jones, Hazel C; Stitt, Alan W; Vandenbrouke, Roosmarijn E; Romero, Ignacio A.; Campbell, Matthew; Fricker, Gert; Brodin, Birger; Manninga, Heiko; Gaillard, Pieter J; Schwaninger, Markus; Webster, Carl; Wicher, Krzysztof B and Khrestchatisky, Michel
Fluids and barriers of the CNS, 14(1) (p 31)
Circulating endothelial cell-derived extracellular vesicles mediate the acute phase response and sickness behaviour associated with CNS inflammation. (2017-08-29) Couch, Yvonne; Akbar, Naveed; Roodselaar, Jay; Evans, Matthew C; Gardiner, Chris; Sargent, Ian; Romero, Ignacio A.; Bristow, Adrian; Buchan, Alastair M; Haughey, Norman and Anthony, Daniel C
Scientific reports, 7(1) (p 9574)
MiR-126 and miR-126* regulate shear-resistant firm leukocyte adhesion to human brain endothelium (2017-04) Cerutti, Camilla; Edwards, Laura J.; de Vries, Helga E.; Sharrack, Basil; Male, David K. and Romero, Ignacio A.
Scientific Reports, 7 (p 45284)
Could an endoneurial endothelial crosstalk between Wnt/β-catenin and Sonic Hedgehog pathways underlie the early disruption of the infra-orbital blood-nerve barrier following chronic constriction injury? (2017-01-01) Moreau, Nathan; Mauborgne, Annie; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette B; Villanueva, Luis; Pohl, Michel and Boucher, Yves
Molecular pain, 13 (pp. 1-16)
Age-associated changes in the blood brain barrier: Comparative studies in human and mouse (2017) Goodall, Emily F.; Wang, Chunfang; Simpson, Julie E.; Baker, David J.; Drew, David R.; Heath, Paul R.; Saffrey, M. Jill; Romero, Ignacio A. and Wharton, Stephen B.
Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology ((Early Access))
Regulation of brain endothelial barrier function by microRNAs in health and neuroinflammation (2016-08) Lopez-Ramirez, Miguel Alejandro; Reijerkerk, Arie; de Vries, Helga E. and Romero, Ignacio Andres
The FASEB Journal, 30(8) (pp. 2662-2672)
Early alterations of Hedgehog signaling pathway in vascular endothelial cells after peripheral nerve injury elicit blood-nerve barrier disruption, nerve inflammation, and neuropathic pain development (2016-04) Moreau, Nathan; Mauborgne, Annie; Bourgoin, Sylvie; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette B.; Villanueva, Luis; Pohl, Michel and Boucher, Yves
PAIN, 157(4) (pp. 827-839)
Localisation and mobility of glucose-coated gold nanoparticles within the brain (2016-03) Gromnicova, Radka; Yilmaz, Canan Ugur; Orhan, Nurcan; Kaya, Mehmet; Davies, Heather; Williams, Phil; Romero, Ignacio A.; Sharrack, Basil and Male, David
Nanomedicine, 11(6) (pp. 617-625)
A three-dimensional model of the human blood-brain barrier to analyse the transport of nanoparticles and astrocyte/endothelial interactions (2016-01-21) Reddy, P; Gromnicova, Radka; Davies, Heather; Phillips, James; Romero, Ignacio A and Male, David
F1000Research, 4, Article 1279
Transport of Gold Nanoparticles by Vascular Endothelium from Different Human Tissues (2016) Gromnicova, Radka; Kaya, Mehmet; Romero, Ignacio A.; Williams, Phil; Satchell, Simon; Sharrack, Basil and Male, David
PLoS ONE, 11, Article e0161610(8)
Insulin and IGF1 signalling pathways in human astrocytes in vitro and in vivo; characterisation, subcellular localisation and modulation of the receptors. (2015-12) Garwood, Claire J.; Ratcliffe, Laura E.; Morgan, Sarah V.; Simpson, Julie E.; Owens, Helen; Vazquez-Villaseñor, Irina; Heath, Paul R.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Ince, Paul G. and Wharton, Stephen B.
Molecular Brain, 8, Article 51(1)
Inflammatory response of endothelial cells to a human endogenous retrovirus associated with multiple sclerosis is mediated by TLR4. (2015-11-01) Duperray, Alain; Barbe, Delphin; Raguenez, Gilda; Weksler, Babette B.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Perron, Hervé and Marche, Patrice N.
International Immunology, 27(11) (pp. 545-553)
Serotype O18 avian pathogenic and neonatal meningitis Escherichia coli strains employ similar pathogenic strategies for the onset of meningitis. (2015-11) Krishnan, Subramanian; Chang, Alexander C.; Hodges, Jacqueline; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Nicholson, Bryon A.; Nolan, Lisa K. and Prasadarao, Nemani V.
Virulence, 6(8) (pp. 777-786)
Zinc-imidazolate polymers (ZIPs) as a potential carrier to brain capillary endothelial cells (2015-10-26) Chiacchia, M.; Cerutti, C.; Gromnicova, R.; Rietdorf, K.; Romero, I.A. and Bradshaw, D.
Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3(46) (pp. 9053-9059)
Characterizing the pathotype of neonatal meningitis causing Escherichia coli (NMEC) (2015-10-14) Wijetunge, D. S. S.; Gongati, S. ; DebRoy, C. ; Kim, K. S. ; Couraud, P. O. ; Romero, I. A.; Weksler, B. and Kariyawasam, S.
BMC Microbiology, 15, Article 211
Differential permissivity of human cerebrovascular endothelial cells to enterovirus infection and specificities of enterovirus 71 in crossing an in vitro model of human blood brain barrier (2015-07) Volle, Romain; Archimbaud, Christine; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Mirand, Audrey; Pereira, Bruno; Henquell, Cécile; Peigue-Lafeuille, Hélène and Bailly, Jean-Luc
Journal of General Virology, 96 (pp. 1682-1695)
Permeability of PEGylated immunoarsonoliposomes through in vitro blood brain barrier: medulloblastoma co-culture models for brain tumor therapy (2015-03) Al-Shehri, Abdulghani; Favretto, Marco E.; Ioannou, Panayiotis V.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Weksler, Babette Barbash; Parker, Terry L. and Kallinteri, Paraskevi
Pharmaceutical research, 32(3) (pp. 1072-83)
Brain endothelial miR-146a negatively modulates T-cell adhesion through repressing multiple targets to inhibit NF-κB activation. (2015-03) Wu, Dongsheng; Cerutti, Camilla; Lopez-Ramirez, Alejandro; Pryce, Gareth; King-Robson, Josh; Simpson, Julie E.; van der Pol, Susanne M. A.; Hirst, Mark C.; de Vries, Helga E.; Sharrack, Basil; Baker, David; Male, David K.; Michael, Gregory J. and Romero, Ignacio A
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 35(3) (pp. 412-23)
The blood-brain barrier in multiple sclerosis: microRNAs as key regulators (2015) Kamphuis, W. W.; Derada Troletti, C.; Reijerkerk, A.; Romero, I. A. and de Vries, H. E.
CNS & Neurological Disorders Drug Targets, 14(2) (pp. 157-67)
Protective effect of the multitarget compound DPH-4 on human SSAO/VAP-1-expressing hCMEC/D3 cells under oxygen-glucose deprivation conditions, an in vitro experimental model of cerebral ischemia. (2015) Sun, P.; Esteban, G.; Inokuchi, T.; Marco-Contelles, J.; Weksler, B. B.; Romero, I. A.; Couraud, P. O.; Unzeta, M. and Solé, M.
British Journal of Pharmacology ((Early view))
The poorly membrane permeable antipsychotic drugs amisulpride and sulpiride are substrates of the organic cation transporters from the SLC22 family. (2014-11) Dos Santos Pereira, Joao N.; Tadjerpisheh, Sina; Abu Abed, Manar; Saadatmand, Ali R.; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio A.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Brockmöller, Jürgen and Tzvetkov, Mladen V.
AAPS Journal, 16(6) (pp. 1247-1258)
Microparticles in multiple sclerosis and clinically isolated syndrome: effect on endothelial barrier function. (2014-09-22) Marcos-Ramiro, Beatriz; Oliva Nacarino, Pedro; Serrano-Pertierra, Esther; Blanco-Gelaz, Miguel Ángel; Weksler, Babette B.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Couraud, Pierre O.; Tuñón, Alberto; López-Larrea, Carlos; Millán, Jaime and Cernuda-Morollón, Eva
BMC Neuroscience, 15, Article 110
Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of BBB permeability, tumor cell uptake, and cytotoxicity of a series of carboranylporphyrin conjugates. (2014-08-14) Bhupathiraju, N. V. S. Dinesh K.; Hu, Xiaoke; Zhou, Zehua; Fronczek, Frank R.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette and Vicente, M. Graça H.
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 57(15) (pp. 6718-28)
MicroRNA-155 negatively affects blood-brain barrier function during neuroinflammation. (2014-06) Lopez-Ramirez, Miguel Alejandro; Wu, Dongsheng; Pryce, Gareth; Simpson, Julie E.; Reijerkerk, Arie; King-Robson, Josh; Kay, Oliver; de Vries, Helga E.; Hirst, Mark C.; Sharrack, Basil; Baker, David; Male, David Kingsley; Michael, Gregory J. and Romero, Ignacio Andres
FASEB Journal, 28(6) (pp. 2551-2565)
CXCL1/CXCL8 (GROα/IL-8) in human diabetic ketoacidosis plasma facilitates leukocyte recruitment to cerebrovascular endothelium in vitro (2014-05-01) Omatsu, Tatsushi; Cepinskas, Gediminas; Clarson, Cheril; Patterson, Eric K.; Alharfi, Ibrahim M.; Summers, Kelly; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette and Fraser, Douglas D.
American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism, 306(9) (E1077-E1084)
Paracrine signalling of inflammatory cytokines from an in vitro blood brain barrier model upon exposure to polymeric nanoparticles. (2014-03-07) Raghnaill, Michelle Nic; Bramini, Mattia; Ye, Dong; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Aberg, Christoffer; Salvati, Anna; Lynch, Iseult and Dawson, Kenneth A.
Analyst, 139(5) (pp. 923-930)
Differences in amyloid-β clearance across mouse and human blood-brain barrier models: kinetic analysis and mechanistic modeling. (2014-01-24) Qosa, Hisham; Abuasal, Bilal S.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Couraud, Pierre-Oliver; Keller, Jeffrey N. and Kaddoumi, Amal
Neuropharmacology, 79 (pp. 668-678)
Drug-induced trafficking of p-glycoprotein in human brain capillary endothelial cells as demonstrated by exposure to mitomycin C. (2014) Noack, Andreas; Noack, Sandra; Hoffmann, Andrea; Maalouf, Katia; Buettner, Manuela; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Alms, Dana; Römermann, Kerstin; Naim, Hassan Y. and Löscher, Wolfgang
PloS one, 9, Article e88154(2)
Oxidative and pro-inflammatory impact of regular and denicotinized cigarettes on blood brain barrier endothelial cells: is smoking reduced or nicotine-free products really safe? (2014) Naik, Pooja; Fofaria, Neel; Prasad, Shikha; Sajja, Ravi K.; Weksler, Babette; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A. and Cucullo, Luca
BMC Neuroscience, 15, Article 51
Glucose-coated gold nanoparticles transfer across
human brain endothelium and enter astrocytes in vitro (2013-12-05) Gromnicova, Radka; Davies, Heather A.; Sreekanthreddy, Pedagannganagari; Romero, Ignacio A.; Lund, Torben; Roitt, Ivan M.; Phillips, James B. and Male, David K.
PLoS ONE, 8, Article e81043(12)
Cytokine-induced changes in the gene expression profile of a human cerebral microvascular endothelial cell-line, hCMEC/D3. (2013-09-19) Lopez-Ramirez, Miguel Alejandro; Male, David Kingsley; Wang, Chunfang; Sharrack, Basil; Wu, Dongsheng and Romero, Ignacio Andres
Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 10, Article 27(1)
A recombinant inhibitory isoform of vascular endothelial growth factor164/165 aggravates ischemic brain damage in a mouse model of focal cerebral ischemia. (2013-09) Chaitanya, Ganta V.; Cromer, Walter E.; Parker, Courtney P.; Couraud, Pierre O.; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette; Mathis, J. Michael; Minagar, Alireza and Alexander, J. Steven
American Journal of Pathology, 183(3) (pp. 1010-1024)
Somatostatin preserved blood brain barrier against cytokine induced alterations: possible role in multiple sclerosis. (2013-08-15) Basivireddy, Jayasree; Somvanshi, Rishi K.; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette B.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Oger, Joel and Kumar, Ujendra
Biochemical Pharmacology, 86(4) (pp. 497-507)
Temporal profile of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in a human endothelial cell culture model of cerebral ischemia. (2013-07) Reuter, B.; Rodemer, C.; Grudzenski, S.; Couraud, P.-O.; Weksler, B.; Romero, Ignacio A; Meairs, S.; Bugert, P.; Hennerici, M. G and Fatar, M.
Cerebrovascular Diseases, 35(6) (pp. 514-520)
A multi-system approach assessing the interaction of anticonvulsants with P-gp. (2013-05-31) Dickens, David; Yusof, Siti R.; Abbott, N. Joan; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio A; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Alfirevic, Ana; Pirmohamed, Munir and Owen, Andrew
PLoS ONE, 8, Article e64854(5)
Targeting endothelial CD146 attenuates neuroinflammation by limiting lymphocyte extravasation to the CNS. (2013-04-18) Duan, Hongxia; Xing, Shu; Luo, Yongting; Feng, Liqun; Gramaglia, Irene; Zhang, Ying; Lu, Di; Zeng, Qiqun; Fan, Kelong; Feng, Jing; Yang, Dongling; Qin, Zhihai; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette and Yan, Xiyun
Scientific reports, 3, Article 1687
MicroRNAs regulate human brain endothelial cell-barrier function in inflammation: implications for multiple sclerosis. (2013-04-17) Reijerkerk, Arie; Lopez-Ramirez, M. Alejandro; van Het Hof, Bert; Drexhage, Joost A. R.; Kamphuis, Wouter W.; Kooij, Gijs; Vos, Joost B.; van der Pouw Kraan, Tineke C. T. M.; van Zonneveld, Anton J.; Horrevoets, Anton J.; Prat, Alexandre; Romero, Ignacio A and de Vries, Helga E.
The Journal of Neuroscience , 33(16) (pp. 6857-6863)
High-density lipoproteins limit neutrophil-induced damage to the blood–brain barrier in vitro (2013-04) Bao Dang, Quoc; Lapergue, Bertrand; Tran-Dinh, Alexy; Diallo, Devy; Moreno, Juan-Antonio; Mazighi, Mikael; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Michel, Jean-Baptiste; Amarenco, Pierre and Meilhac, Olivier
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 33(4) (pp. 575-582)
BBB ON CHIP: microfluidic platform to mechanically and biochemically modulate blood-brain barrier function (2013-02-01) Griep, L. M.; Wolbers, F.; de Wagenaar, B.; ter Braak, P. M.; Weksler, B. B.; Romero, I. A; Couraud, P. O.; Vermes, I.; van der Meer, A. D. and van den Berg, A.
Biomedical Microdevices, 15(1) (pp. 145-150)
Identification of an essential endogenous regulator of blood-brain barrier integrity, and its pathological and therapeutic implications (2013-01-15) Cristante, Enrico; McArthur, Simon; Mauro, Claudio; Maggioli, Elisa; Romero, Ignacio A.; Wylezinska-Arridge, Marzena; Couraud, Pierre O.; Lopez-Tremoleda, Jordi; Christian, Helen C.; Weksler, Babette B.; Malaspina, Andrea and Solito, Egle
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(3) (pp. 832-841)
Immortalized human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells maintain the properties of primary cells in an in vitro model of immune migration across the blood brain barrier (2013-01-15) Daniels, Brian P.; Cruz-Orengo, Lillian; Pasieka, Tracy Jo; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Cooper, John A.; Doering, Tamara L. and Klein, Robyn S.
Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 212(1) (pp. 173-179)
The angiogenic gene profile of circulating endothelial progenitor cells from ischemic stroke patients. (2013) Navarro-Sobrino, Míriam; Hernández-Guillamon, Mar; Fernandez-Cadenas, Israel; Ribó, Marc; Romero, Ignacio A; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Weksler, Babette Barbash; Montaner, Joan and Rosell, Anna
Vascular Cell, 5(3) (p 3)
The hCMEC/D3 cell line as a model of the human blood brain barrier (2013) Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio A. and Couraud, Pierre-Olivier
Fluids and barriers of the CNS, 10, Article 16(1)
The association of statins plus LDL receptor-targeted liposome-encapsulated doxorubicin increases the in vitro drug delivery across blood-brain barrier cells (2012-12) Pinzón-Daza, M. L.; Garzón, R.; Couraud, P. O.; Romero, I. A.; Weksler, B.; Ghigo, D.; Bosia, A. and Riganti, C.
British Journal of Pharmacology, 167(7) (pp. 1431-1447)
Cell-penetrating anti-GFAP VHH and corresponding fluorescent fusion protein VHH-GFP spontaneously cross the blood-brain barrier and specifically recognize astrocytes: application to brain imaging (2012-10-22) Li, Tengfei; Bourgeois, Jean-Pierre; Celli, Susanna; Glacial, Fabienne; Le Sourd, Anne-Marie; Mecheri, Salah; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Rougeon, François and Lafaye, Pierre
FASEB Journal, 26(10) (pp. 3969-3979)
Transcriptional control of the multi-drug transporter ABCB1 by transcription factor Sp3 in different human tissues (2012-10) Gromnicova, Radka; Romero, Ignacio A and Male, David
PLoS ONE, 7, Article e48189(10)
Transcellular targeting of fiber- and hexon-modified adenovirus vectors across the brain microvascular endothelial cells in vitro (2012-09) Laakkonen, Johanna P.; Engler, Tatjana; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Kreppel, Florian and Kochanek, Stefan
PLoS ONE, 7(9) (e45977)
CCL2 disrupts the adherens junction: implications for neuroinflammation (2012-08) Roberts, Toni K; Eugenin, Eliseo A; Lopez, Lillie; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette B; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier and Berman, Joan W
Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology, 92(8) (pp. 1213-1233)
The involvement of a Na⁺- and Cl⁻-dependent transporter in the brain uptake of amantadine and rimantadine (2012-04-02) Kooijmans, Sander A. A.; Senyschyn, Danielle; Mezhiselvam, Muguntha M.; Morizzi, Julia; Charman, Susan A.; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio-Andres; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier and Nicolazzo, Joseph A.
Molecular pharmaceutics, 9(4) (pp. 883-93)
Lamotrigine is a substrate for OCT1 in brain endothelial cells (2012-03-15) Dickens, David; Owen, Andrew; Alfirevic, Ana; Giannoudis, Athina; Davies, Andrea; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio A; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier and Pirmohamed, Munir
Biochemical Pharmacology, 83(6) (pp. 805-814)
Hepatitis C Virus infects the endothelial cells of the blood-brain barrier (2012-03) Fletcher, Nicola F.; Wilson, Garrick K.; Murray, Jacinta; Hu, Ke; Lewis, Andrew; Reynolds, Gary M.; Stamataki, Zania; Meredith, Luke W.; Rowe, Ian A.; Luo, Guangxiang; Lopez-Ramirez, Miguel A.; Baumert, Thomas F.; Weksler, Babette; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Kim, Kwang Sik; Romero, Ignacio A.; Jopling, Catherine; Morgello, Susan; Balfe, Peter and McKeating, Jane A.
Gastroenterology, 142(3) (pp. 634-643.e6)
CCL2 binding is CCR2 independent in primary adult human astrocytes (2012-02-09) Fouillet, A.; Mawson, J.; Suliman, O.; Sharrack, B.; Romero, I. A. and Woodroofe, M. N.
Brain research, 1437 (pp. 115-26)
The transport of nifurtimox, an anti-trypanosomal drug, in an in vitro model of the human blood-brain barrier: Evidence for involvement of breast cancer resistance protein (2012-02) Watson, Christopher P.; Dogruel, Murat; Mihoreanu, Larisa; Begley, David J.; Weksler, Babette B.; Couraud, Pierre O.; Romero, Ignacio A. and Thomas, Sarah A.
Brain research, 1436 (pp. 111-121)
Role of caspases in cytokine-induced barrier breakdown in human brain endothelial cells (2012) Lopez-Ramirez, Alejandro; Fischer, Roman; Torres-Badillo, Claudia C.; Davies, Heather A.; Logan, Karen; Pfizenmaier, Klaus; Male, David K.; Sharrack, Basil and Romero, Ignacio A.
Journal of Immunology, 189(6) (pp. 3130-3139)
Uptake and cytotoxicity of citrate-coated gold nanospheres: Comparative studies on human endothelial and epithelial cells (2012) Freese, Christian; Uboldi, Chiara; Gibson, Matthew I.; Unger, Ronald E.; Weksler, Babette B.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier and Kirkpatrick, C. J.
Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 9, Article 23
Expression and localization of claudins-3 and -12 in transformed human brain endothelium (2012) Schrade, Anja; Sade, Hadassah; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette B and Niewoehner, Jens
Fluids and barriers of the CNS, 9 (p 6)
Purine receptors and Ca2+ signalling in the human blood-brain barrier endothelial cell line hCMEC/D3 (2012) Bintig , Willem; Begandt , Daniela; Schlingmann , Barbara; Gerhard , Linda; Pangalos , Maria; Dreyer , Lutz; Hohnjec , Natalija; Couraud , Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette B. and Ngezahayo , Anaclet
Purinergic Signalling, 8(1) (pp. 71-80)
Development of a three-dimensional, all-human in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier using mono-, co-, and tri-cultivation Transwell models (2011-08) Hatherell, Kathryn; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette and Pilkington, Geoffrey J.
Journal of neuroscience methods, 199(2) (pp. 223-229)
Tyrosine phosphorylation of VE-cadherin and claudin-5 is associated with TGF-β1-induced permeability of centrally derived vascular endothelium (2011-04) Shen, Weiyong; Li, Shiying; Chung, Sook Hyun; Zhu, Ling; Stayt, Jason; Su, Tao; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette and Gillies, Mark C.
European Journal of Cell Biology, 90(4) (pp. 323-332)
Uptake and permeability studies of BBB-targeting immunoliposomes using the hCMEC/D3 cell line (2011-02) Markoutsa, Eleni; Pampalakis, Georgios; Niarakis, Anna; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier and Antimisiaris, Sophia G.
European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 77(2) (pp. 265-274)
Surface characteristics of nanoparticles determine their intracellular fate in and processing by human blood–brain barrier endothelial cells in vitro (2011) Georgieva, Julia V.; Kalicharan, Dharamdajal; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Hoekstra, Dick and Zuhorn, Inge S
Molecular Therapy ((In Press))
Human brain endothelial cells are responsive to adenosine receptor activation (2011) Mills, Jeffrey H.; Alabanza, Leah; Weksler, Babette B.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A. and Bynoe, Margaret S.
Purinergic Signalling, 7(2) (pp. 265-273)
Gliovascular and cytokine interactions modulate brain endothelial barrier in vitro (2011) Chaitanya, Ganta V.; Cromer, Walter E.; Wells, Shannon R.; Jennings, Merilyn H.; Couraud, P. Oliver; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette; Erdreich-Epstein, Anat; Mathis, James Michael; Minagar, Alireza and Alexander, J. Steven
Journal of Neuroinflammation, 8(162)
Insights into the putative catechin and epicatechin transport across blood-brain barrier (2011) Faria, Ana; Pestana, Diogo; Teixeira, Diana; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette; de Freitas, Victor; Mateus, Nuno and Calhau, Conceição
Food & Function(2) (pp. 39-44)
A novel vascular targeting strategy for brain-derived endothelial cells using a TCR mimic antibody (2010-11) Bhattacharya, Raktima; Xu, Yan; Rahman, Md. Ashequr; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette B.; Weidanz, Jon A. and Bickel, Ulrich
Journal of Cellular Physiology, 225(3) (pp. 664-672)
ABC and SLC transporter expression and POT substrate characterization across the human CMEC/D3 blood-brain barrier cell line (2010-08-02) Carl, Stephen M.; Lindley, David J.; Couraud, Pierre O.; Weksler, Babette B.; Romero, Ignacio; Mowery, Stephanie A. and Knipp, Gregory T.
Molecular Pharmaceutics, 7(4) (pp. 1057-1068)
Amyloid-β-induced occludin down-regulation and increased permeability in human brain endothelial cells is mediated by MAPK activation (2010-01) Tai, L. M.; Holloway, K. A.; Male, D. K.; Loughlin, A. J. and Romero, I. A
Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 14(5) (pp. 1101-1112)
Differential activation of mitochondrial apoptotic pathways by vasculotropic amyloid-β variants in cells composing the cerebral vessel walls (2010) Fossati, S.; Cam, J.; Meyerson, J.; Mezhericher, E.; Romero, I. A.; Couraud, P. O.; Weksler, B. B.; Ghiso, J. and Rostagno, A.
FASEB Journal, 24(1) (pp. 229-241)
Evaluation of soluble junctional adhesion molecule-a as a biomarker of human brain endothelial barrier breakdown (2010) Najbauer, Joseph; Haarmann, Axel; Deiß, Annika; Prochaska, Jürgen; Foerch, Christian; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Stoll, Guido; Rieckmann, Peter and Buttmann, Mathias
PLoS ONE, 5(10) (e13568)
Identification of peptide ligands for targeting to the blood-brain barrier (2010) van Rooy, Inge; Cakir-Tascioglu, Serpil; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Storm, Gert; Hennink, Wim E.; Schiffelers, Raymond M. and Mastrobattista, Enrico
Pharmaceutical Research, 27(4) (pp. 673-682)
Methamphetamine disrupts blood–brain barrier function by induction of oxidative stress in brain endothelial cells (2009-12) Ramirez, Servio H.; Potula, Raghava; Fan, Shongshan; Eidem, Tess; Papugani, Anil; Reichenbach, Nancy; Dykstra, Holly; Weksler, Babette B.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Couraud, Pierre O. and Persidsky, Yuri
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 29(12) (pp. 1933-1945)
Immortalized Human Brain Endothelial Cell Line HCMEC/D3 as a Model of the Blood-Brain Barrier Facilitates In Vitro Studies of Central Nervous System Infection by Cryptococcus neoformans (2009-11) Vu, Kiem; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio A; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier and Gelli, Angie
Eukaryotic Cell, 8(11) (pp. 1803-1807)
Modulation of blood-brain barrier permeability by neutrophils: in vitro and in vivo studies (2009-10) Joice, Shannon L.; Mydeen, Firdau; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Weksler, Babette B.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Fraser, Paul A. and Easton, Alexander S.
Brain Research, 1298 (pp. 13-23)
Polarized P-glycoprotein expression by the immortalised human brain endothelial cell line, hCMEC/D3, restricts apical-to-basolateral permeability to rhodamine 123 (2009-09-23) Tai, Leon M.; Reddy, P. Sreekanth; Lopez-Ramirez, M. Alejandro; Davies, Heather A.; Male, A. David K.; Loughlin, A. Jane and Romero, Ignacio A.
Brain Research, 1292 (pp. 14-24)
Signaling mechanism of extracellular RNA in endothelial cells (2009-07) Fischer, Silvia; Nishio, Miwako; Peters, Saskia C.; Tschernatsch, Marlene; Walberer, Maureen; Weidemann, Susanne; Heidenreich, Regina; Couraud, Pierre O.; Weksler, Babette B.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Gerriets, Tibo and Preissner, Klaus T.
FASEB Journal, 23(7) (pp. 2100-2109)
Meningococcal type IV pili recruit the polarity complex to cross the brain endothelium (2009-06-11) Coureuil, Mathieu; Mikaty, Guillain; Miller, Florence; Lécuyer, Hervé; Bernard, Christine; Bourdoulous, Sandrine; Duménil, Guillaume; Mège, René-Marc; Weksler, Babette B.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Couraud, Pierre Olivier and Nassif, Xavier
Science, 325(5936) (pp. 83-87)
P-glycoprotein and breast cancer resistance protein restrict apical-to-basolateral permeability of human brain endothelium to amyloid-β (2009-06) Tai, Leon M.; Loughlin, A. Jane; Male, David K. and Romero, Ignacio A.
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 29(6) (pp. 1079-1083)
Expression of ADAM-17, TIMP-3 and fractalkine in the human adult brain endothelial cell line, hCMEC/D3, following pro-inflammatory cytokine treatment (2009-03-25) Hurst, Louise A.; Bunning, Rowena A.D.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette B.; Sharrack, Basil and Woodroofe, M. Nicola
Journal of Neuroimmunology, 210(1-2) (pp. 108-112)
Expression of inflammatory genes induced by beta-amyloid peptides in human brain endothelial cells and in Alzheimer's brain is mediated by the JNK-AP1 signaling pathway (2009-03-18) Vukic, Vanja; Callaghan, Debbie; Walker, David; Lue, Lih-Fen; Liu, Qing Yan; Couraud, Pierre-Oliver; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Stanimirovic, Danica B. and Zhang, Wandong
Neurobiology of Disease, 34(1) (pp. 95-106)
Up-regulation of P-glycoprotein by HIV protease inhibitors in a human brain microvessel endothelial cell line (2009-03-14) Zastre, Jason A.; Chan, Gary N. Y.; Ronaldson, Patrick T.; Ramaswamy, Manisha; Couraud, Pierre O.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Bendayan, Moise and Bendayan, Reina
Journal of Neuroscience Research, 87(4) (pp. 1023-1036)
Expression and transcriptional regulation of ABC transporters and cytochromes P450 in hCMEC/D3 human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells (2009-03) Dauchy, Sandrine; Miller, Florence; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Weaver, Richard, J.; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio A.; Scherrmann, Jean-Michel; De Waziers, Isabelle and Decleves, Xavier
Biochemical Pharmacology, 77(5) (pp. 897-909)
Transcriptional control of occludin expression in vascular endothelia: regulation by Sp3 and YY1 (2009-03) Sade, Hadassah; Holloway, Karen; Romero, Ignacio A. and Male, David
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms, 1789(3) (pp. 175-184)
Expression of chemokines and their receptors by human brain endothelium: Implications for multiple sclerosis (2009-03) Subileau, Eve A; Rezaie, Payam; Davies, Heather; Colyer, Frances; Greenwood, John; Male, David and Romero, Ignacio A
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 68(3) (pp. 227-240)
Peripheral blood CD4+ T lymphocytes from multiple sclerosis patients are characterized by higher PSGL-1 expression and transmigration capacity across a human blood-brain barrier-derived endothelial cell line (2009) Bahbouhi, Bouchaib; Berthelot, Laureline; Pettré, Ségolène; Michel, Laure; Wiertlewski, Sandrine; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio A.; Miller, Florence; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Brouard, Sophie; Laplaud, David-Axel and Soulillou, Jean-Paul
Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 86(5) (pp. 1049-1063)
Molecular cytogenetic characterization of the human cerebral microvessel endothelial cell line hCMEC/D3 (2009) Mkrtchyan, H.; Scheler, S.; Klein, I.; Fahr, A.; Couraud, P. O.; Romero, I. A.; Weksler, B. and Liehr, T.
Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 126 (pp. 313-317)
The human brain endothelial cell line hCMEC/D3 as a human blood-brain barrier model for drug transport studies (2008-12) Poller, Birk; Gutmann, Heike; Krahenbuhl, Stephan; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio A.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Tuffin, Gerald; Drewe, Jürgen and Huwyler, Jörg
Journal of Neurochemistry, 107(5) (pp. 1358-1368)
Alteration of blood–brain barrier integrity by retroviral infection (2008-11-04) Afonso, Philippe V.; Ozden, Simona; Cumont, Marie-Christine; Seilhean, Danielle; Cartier, Luis; Rezaie, Payam; Mason, Sarah; Lambert, Sophie; Huerre, Michel; Gessain, Antoine; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Pique, Claudine; Ceccaldi, Pierre-Emmanuel and Romero, Ignacio A.
PLoS Pathogens, 4, Article e1000205(11)
Chemokine production and chemokine receptor expression by human glioma cells: Role of CXCL10 in tumour cell proliferation (2008-08) Maru, Seema V.; Holloway, Karen A.; Flynn, Geraldine; Lancashire, Christine L.; Loughlin, A. Jane; Male, David K. and Romero, Ignacio A.
Journal of Neuroimmunology, 199(1-2) (pp. 35-45)
Hyperosmotic stress induces axl activation and cleavage in cerebral endothelial cells (2008-07) Wilhelm, Imola; Nagyoszi, Péter; Farkas, Attila E.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Fazakas, Csilla; Dung, Ngo Thi Khue; Bottka, Sándor; Bauer, Hannelore; Bauer, Hans-Christian and Krizbai, István A.
Journal of Neurochemistry, 107(1) (pp. 116-126)
Simvastatin Protects against Amyloid β and HIV-1 Tat-Induced Promoter Activities of Inflammatory Genes in Brain Endothelial Cells (2008-05) András, I. E.; Rha, G.; Huang, W.; Eum, S.; Couraud, P. O.; Romero, I. A.; Henning, B. and Toborek, M.
Molecular Pharmacology, 73(5) (pp. 1424-1433)
Differential effects of hydrocortisone and TNFalpha on tight junction proteins in an in vitro model of the human blood-brain barrier (2008-04-01) Förster, C.; Burek, M.; Romero, I. A.; Weksler, B.; Couraud, P. O. and Drenckhahn, D.
Journal of Physiology, 586(7) (pp. 1937-1949)
Immortalized human brain endothelial cells and flow-based vascular modeling: a marriage of convenience for rational neurovascular studies (2008-02) Cucullo, Luca; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio-Andres; Hossain, Mohammed M; Rapp, Edward and Janigro, Damir
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 28(2) (pp. 312-328)
Activation of β-catenin signalling by GSK-3 inhibition increases p-glycoprotein expression in brain endothelial cells (2008) Lim, Joseph C.; Kania, Katarzyna D.; Wijesuriya, Hasini; Chawla, Sangeeta; Sethi, Jaswinder K.; Pulaski, Lukasz; Romero, Ignacio A.; Couraud, Pierre O.; Weksler, Babette B.; Hladky, Stephen B. and Barrand, Margery A.
Journal of Neurochemistry, 106(4) (pp. 1855-1865)
Reactive oxygen species alter brain endothelial tight junction dynamics via RhoA, PI3 kinase, and PKB signaling (2007-11) Schreibelt, G.; Kooij, G.; Reijerkerk, A.; van Doorn, R.; Gringhuis, S.I.; van der Poll, S.M.A.; Weksler, B.B.; Romero, Ignacio A; Couraud, P.O.; Piontek, J.; Blasig, I.E.; Dijkstra, Christine D.; Ronken, E. and de Vries, H.E.
FASEB Journal, 21(13) (pp. 3666-3676)
Regulation of cerebral endothelial cell morphology by extracellular calcium (2007-10-21) Wilhelm, Imola; Farkas, Attila E.; Nagyoszi, Peter; Varo, Gyorgy; Balint, Zoltan; Vegh, Gergely A.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette and Krizbai, Istvan A.
Physics in medicine and biology, 52(20) (pp. 6261-6274)
Human Blood Brain Barrier Disruption by Retroviral Infected Lymphocytes: Role of Myosin Light Chain Kinase in Endothelial Tight-Junction Disorganization (2007-08-15) Afonso, P.V.; Ozden, S.; Prevost, M.C.; Schmitt, C.; Seilhan, D.; Weksler, B.B.; Couraud, P.O.; Gessain, A.; Romero, I.A. and Ceccaldi, P.E.
Journal of Immunology, 179(4) (pp. 2576-2583)
Action of transcription factors in the control of transferrin receptor expression in human brain endothelium (2007-02-02) Holloway, Karen; Sade, Hadassah; Romero, Ignacio A. and Male, David
Journal of Molecular Biology, 365(5) (pp. 1271-1284)
Blood-brain barrier-specific properties of a human adult brain endothelial cell line (2005-09) Weksler, B.B.; Subileau, E.A.; Perriere, N.; Charneau, P.; Holloway, K.; Leveque, M.; Tricoire-Leignel, H.; Nicotra, A.; Bourdolos, S.; Tourowski, P.; Male, D.K.; Roux, F.; Greenwood, J.; Romero, I.A. and Couraud, P.O.
FASEB Journal, 19(13) (pp. 1872-1874)
Oxidative stress affects the junctional integrity of retinal pigment epithelial cells (2004-02) Bailey, T. A.; Kanuga, N.; Romero, I. A.; Greenwood, J.; Luthert, P. J. and Cheetham, M. E.
Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 45(2) (pp. 675-684)
Secretion of interleukin-1β by astrocytes mediates endothelin-1 and tumour necrosis factor-α effects on human brain microvascular endothelial cell permeability (2003-07) Didier, Nathalie; Romero, Ignacio A.; Creminon, Christophe; Wijkhuisen, Anne; Grassi, Jacques and Mabondzo, Aloise
Journal of Neurochemistry, 86(1) (pp. 246-254)
Changes in cytoskeletal and tight junctional proteins correlate with decreased permeability induced by dexamethasone in cultured rat brain endothelial cells (2003-06-26) Romero, I.A.; Radewicz, K.; Jubin, E.; Michel, C.C.; Greenwood, J.; Couraud, P.O. and Adamson, P.
Neuroscience Letters, 344(2) (pp. 112-116)
Regulation of chemokine receptor expression in human microglia and astrocytes (2003-03) Flynn, Geraldine; Maru, Seema; Loughlin, Jane; Romero, Ignacio A. and Male, David
Journal of Neuroimmunology, 136(1-2) (pp. 84-93)
Ezrin and moesin co-localise with ICAM-1 in brain endothelial cells but are not directly associated (2002-09-30) Romero, I.A.; Amos, C.L.; Greenwood, J. and Adamson, P.
Molecular Brain Research, 105(1-2) (pp. 47-59)
Human adipose cells express CD4, CXCR4, and CCR5 receptors: a new target cell type for the immunodeficiency virus-1? (2002-08) Romero, Ignacio A.; Hazan, Uriel; Cancello, Raffaella; Valente, Susana; Perrin, Virginie; Mariot, Virginie; Dumonceaux, Julie; Cindy C., Gerhardt; Strosberg, A. Donny; Courard, Pierre-Olivier and Pietri-Rouxel, France
FASEB Journal, 16(8) (pp. 1254-1256)
Chemokines control fat accumulation and leptin secretion by cultured human adipocytes (2001-04-25) Gerhardt, C. C.; Romero, Ignacio A; Cancello, R.; Camoin, L. and Strosberg, A. D.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 175(1 - 2) (pp. 81-92)
Cross-linking of brain endothelial intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 induces association of ICAM-1 with detergent-insoluble cytoskeletal fraction (2001) Amos, Claire; Romero, Ignacio A.; Schulze, Charlotte; Rousell, Jonathan; Pearson, Jeremy D.; Greenwood, John and Adamson, Peter
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 21 (pp. 810-816)