Yasufumi Kataoka

Loss of cerebellar Purkinje cells in aged mice homozygous for a disrupted PrP gene

Suehiro Sakaguchi, Shigeru Katamine, Noriyuki Nishida et al. · Nature · 1996 · 482 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Neuroscience +16

Pericytes from Brain Microvessels Strengthen the Barrier Integrity in Primary Cultures of Rat Brain Endothelial Cells

Shinsuke Nakagawa, Mária A. Deli, Shinobu Nakao et al. · Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology · 2007 · 364 citations · Full text

Medicine, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +16

Brain pericytes contribute to the induction and up-regulation of blood–brain barrier functions through transforming growth factor-β production

Shinya Dohgu, Fuyuko Takata, Atsushi Yamauchi et al. · Brain Research · 2005 · 350 citations

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Neuroscience +12

Detachment of Brain Pericytes from the Basal Lamina is Involved in Disruption of the Blood–Brain Barrier Caused by Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Sepsis in Mice

Tsuyoshi Nishioku, Shinya Dohgu, Fuyuko Takata et al. · Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology · 2008 · 215 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Brain pericytes among cells constituting the blood-brain barrier are highly sensitive to tumor necrosis factor-α, releasing matrix metalloproteinase-9 and migrating in vitro

Fuyuko Takata, Shinya Dohgu, Junichi Matsumoto et al. · Journal of Neuroinflammation · 2011 · 208 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Neuroscience +16