griffonia simplicifolia/edema

Amorphorous and colorless spaces, Virchow-Robin spaces (VRS), were often found by HE stain around blood vessels in the edematous brain. Histochemical characteristic of the enlarged VRS caused by an advanced edema and detected by lectin stain using Griffonia simplicifolia I agglutinin in the brain

Release of neutrophil elastase is one of the harmful inflammatory reactions in acute cerebral ischemia. Therefore, inhibition of elastase released from neutrophils could be a useful strategy for the treatment of acute stroke. To evaluate this hypothesis, the effect of sivelestat, a selective

Leukotrienes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of degenerative diabetic retinopathy, with research focusing primarily on leukotriene B(4), with little attention devoted to the cysteinyl leukotrienes (cysLTs), which act through cysLT receptors (CysLT(1)R and CysLT(2)R). We demonstrate here the

OBJECTIVE To determine the mechanism of blood-retinal barrier (BRB) dysfunction in human and experimental specimens using immunocytochemistry. METHODS Extravascular albumin was localized in clinical specimens and retinas from transgenic mice that overexpress vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)

Treatment strategies in acute ischemic stroke are still limited. Considering numerous translation failures, research is tending to a preferred use of human-like animal models, and a more-complex perspective of tissue salvaging involving endothelial, glial and neuronal components according to the

Neovascularization (NV) causes visual deficits in ocular disorders such as diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, and retinopathy of prematurity. An understanding of the angiogenic factors promoting this abnormal vascular growth is necessary to devise a therapeutic approach to

Pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (ECs) are integral to the alveoli-capillary barrier of the lung. The EC barrier integrity is known to be disrupted in severe lung diseases such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), pneumonia and pulmonary edema. Mice are commonly used to model

Thrombin is a multifunctional coagulation protease with pro- and anti-inflammatory vascular effects. We questioned whether thrombin may have segmentally differentiated effects on pulmonary endothelium. In cultured rat endothelial cells, rat thrombin (10 U/ml) recapitulated the previously reported