Abba J. Kastin

Transport of brain-derived neurotrophic factor across the blood–brain barrier

Weihong Pan, William A. Banks, Melita B. Fasold et al. · Neuropharmacology · 1998 · 1.3K citations

Blood–brain Barrier, Neurophysiology, Neuroprotection +5

Leptin enters the brain by a saturable system independent of insulin

William A. Banks, Abba J. Kastin, Wei Tao Huang et al. · Peptides · 1996 · 1.2K citations

Insulin Signaling, Neuropeptides, Neurophysiology +11

Penetration of interleukin-6 across the murine blood-brain barrier

William A. Banks, Abba J. Kastin, Enrique G. Gutierrez · Neuroscience Letters · 1994 · 482 citations

Inflammation, Cytokine, Murine Blood-brain Barrier +7

Interactions of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP-1) with the Blood-Brain Barrier

Abba J. Kastin, Victoria Akerstrom, Weihong Pan · Journal of Molecular Neuroscience · 2002 · 475 citations

Blood–brain Barrier, G Protein-coupled Receptor, Physiology +4

Human interleukin (IL) 1 alpha, murine IL-1 alpha and murine IL-1 beta are transported from blood to brain in the mouse by a shared saturable mechanism.

William A. Banks, Luis A. Ortiz, Scott R. Plotkin et al. · Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · 1991 · 468 citations