This important study examines the role of pericytes in patterning the zebrafish blood-brain barrier (BBB) and controlling its permeability. Using pdgfrb mutant zebrafish models lacking brain pericytes ...

Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells ...

Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells ...

In atherosclerosis, the vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) contributes to vessel ... Atherosclerosis involves multiple processes including endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, vascular ...

A 3D model accurately mimicking the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in a laboratory environment has been successfully developed by research teams led by Professor Jinah Jang from the Departments of ...

Current standard of care is a combination of drugs that target vascular growth factor receptors in order to kill tumor endothelial cells (TECs) and deprive the tumor of its blood supply ... Shreeram ...