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Alimajstorovic, Zerin; Pascual-Baixauli, Ester; Hawkes, Cheryl A.; Sharrack, Basil; Loughlin, A. Jane; Romero, Ignacio A. and Preston, Jane E. (2020). Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics modulation by diet and cytokines in rats. Fluids and barriers of the CNS, 17, article no. 10 (2020).

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Aparicio-Blanco, Juan; Romero, Ignacio A.; Male, David K.; Slowing, Karia; Garcia-Garcia, Luis and Torres-Suarez, Ana (2019). Cannabidiol Enhances the Passage of Lipid Nanocapsules across the Blood–Brain Barrier Both in Vitro and in Vivo. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 16(5) pp. 1999–2010.

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Al-Shehri, Abdulghani; Favretto, Marco E.; Ioannou, Panayiotis V.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Weksler, Babette Barbash; Parker, Terry L. and Kallinteri, Paraskevi (2015). Permeability of PEGylated immunoarsonoliposomes through in vitro blood brain barrier: medulloblastoma co-culture models for brain tumor therapy. Pharmaceutical research, 32(3) pp. 1072–83.

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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. (2008). Alteration of blood–brain barrier integrity by retroviral infection. PLoS Pathogens, 4(11), article no. e1000205.

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András, I. E.; Rha, G.; Huang, W.; Eum, S.; Couraud, P. O.; Romero, I. A.; Henning, B. and Toborek, M. (2008). Simvastatin Protects against Amyloid β and HIV-1 Tat-Induced Promoter Activities of Inflammatory Genes in Brain Endothelial Cells. Molecular Pharmacology, 73(5) pp. 1424–1433.

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. (2007). Human Blood Brain Barrier Disruption by Retroviral Infected Lymphocytes: Role of Myosin Light Chain Kinase in Endothelial Tight-Junction Disorganization. Journal of Immunology, 179(4) pp. 2576–2583.

Amos, Claire; Romero, Ignacio A.; Schulze, Charlotte; Rousell, Jonathan; Pearson, Jeremy D.; Greenwood, John and Adamson, Peter (2001). Cross-linking of brain endothelial intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 induces association of ICAM-1 with detergent-insoluble cytoskeletal fraction. Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 21(5) pp. 810–816.

Barberio, Chiara; Withers, Aimee; Mishra, Yash; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette and Owens, Róisín M. (2022). A human-derived neurovascular unit in vitro model to study the effects of cellular cross-talk and soluble factors on barrier integrity. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 16, article no. 1065193.

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Brilha, Sara; Ong, Catherine W M; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Nacho; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier and Friedland, Jon S (2017). Matrix metalloproteinase-9 activity and a downregulated Hedgehog pathway impair blood-brain barrier function in an in vitro model of CNS tuberculosis. Scientific Reports, 7, article no. 16031.

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Bader, Almke; Bintig, Willem; Begandt, Daniela; Klett, Anne; Siller, Ina G.; Gregor, Carola; Schaarschmidt, Frank; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Hell, Stefan W. and Ngezahayo, Anaclet (2017). Adenosine receptors regulate gap junction coupling of the human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells hCMEC/D3 by Ca²⁺ influx through cyclic nucleotide-gated channels. The Journal of Physiology, 595(8) pp. 2497–2517.

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. (2014). Synthesis and in vitro evaluation of BBB permeability, tumor cell uptake, and cytotoxicity of a series of carboranylporphyrin conjugates. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 57(15) pp. 6718–28.

Basivireddy, Jayasree; Somvanshi, Rishi K.; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette B.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Oger, Joel and Kumar, Ujendra (2013). Somatostatin preserved blood brain barrier against cytokine induced alterations: possible role in multiple sclerosis. Biochemical Pharmacology, 86(4) pp. 497–507.

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 (2013). High-density lipoproteins limit neutrophil-induced damage to the blood–brain barrier in vitro. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 33(4) pp. 575–582.

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 (2012). Purine receptors and Ca²⁺ signalling in the human blood-brain barrier endothelial cell line hCMEC/D3. Purinergic Signalling, 8(1) pp. 71–80.

Bhattacharya, Raktima; Xu, Yan; Rahman, Md. Ashequr; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette B.; Weidanz, Jon A. and Bickel, Ulrich (2010). A novel vascular targeting strategy for brain-derived endothelial cells using a TCR mimic antibody. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 225(3) pp. 664–672.

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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 (2009). 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. Journal of Leukocyte Biology, 86(5) pp. 1049–1063.

Bailey, T. A.; Kanuga, N.; Romero, I. A.; Greenwood, J.; Luthert, P. J. and Cheetham, M. E. (2004). Oxidative stress affects the junctional integrity of retinal pigment epithelial cells. Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science, 45(2) pp. 675–684.

Cerutti, Camilla; Lucotti, Serena; Menendez, Sofia T.; Reymond, Nicolas; Garg, Ritu; Romero, Ignacio A.; Muschel, Ruth and Ridley, Anne J. (2024). IQGAP1 and NWASP promote human cancer cell dissemination and metastasis by regulating β1-integrin via FAK and MRTF/SRF. Cell Reports, 43(4), article no. 113989.

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Cerutti, Camilla and Romero, Ignacio A. (2022). An In Vitro Blood-Brain Barrier Model to Study Firm Shear Stress-Resistant Leukocyte Adhesion to Human Brain Endothelial Cells. In: Stone, Nicole ed. The Blood-Brain Barrier: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology, 2492. Humana, New York, pp. 315–331.

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 (2017). Circulating endothelial cell-derived extracellular vesicles mediate the acute phase response and sickness behaviour associated with CNS inflammation. Scientific reports, 7(1) p. 9574.

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Cerutti, Camilla; Edwards, Laura J.; de Vries, Helga E.; Sharrack, Basil; Male, David K. and Romero, Ignacio A. (2017). MiR-126 and miR-126* regulate shear-resistant firm leukocyte adhesion to human brain endothelium. Scientific Reports, 7 p. 45284.

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Chiacchia, M.; Cerutti, C.; Gromnicova, R.; Rietdorf, K.; Romero, I.A. and Bradshaw, D. (2015). Zinc-imidazolate polymers (ZIPs) as a potential carrier to brain capillary endothelial cells. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 3(46) pp. 9053–9059.

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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 (2013). A recombinant inhibitory isoform of vascular endothelial growth factor_164/165 aggravates ischemic brain damage in a mouse model of focal cerebral ischemia. American Journal of Pathology, 183(3) pp. 1010–1024.

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 (2013). Identification of an essential endogenous regulator of blood-brain barrier integrity, and its pathological and therapeutic implications. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(3) pp. 832–841.

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 (2011). Gliovascular and cytokine interactions modulate brain endothelial barrier in vitro. Journal of Neuroinflammation, 8(162)

Carl, Stephen M.; Lindley, David J.; Couraud, Pierre O.; Weksler, Babette B.; Romero, Ignacio; Mowery, Stephanie A. and Knipp, Gregory T. (2010). ABC and SLC transporter expression and POT substrate characterization across the human CMEC/D3 blood-brain barrier cell line. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 7(4) pp. 1057–1068.

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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 (2009). Meningococcal type IV pili recruit the polarity complex to cross the brain endothelium. Science, 325(5936) pp. 83–87.

Cucullo, Luca; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio-Andres; Hossain, Mohammed M; Rapp, Edward and Janigro, Damir (2008). Immortalized human brain endothelial cells and flow-based vascular modeling: a marriage of convenience for rational neurovascular studies. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 28(2) pp. 312–328.

Couraud, P.O.; Romero, I.A. and Weksler, B.B. (2006). Human Blood Brain Barrier Model. INSERM; Cornell University; Couraud, P.O.; Romero, I.A.; Weksler, B.B., WO/2006/056879.

Duperray, Alain; Barbe, Delphin; Raguenez, Gilda; Weksler, Babette B.; Romero, Ignacio A. and Couraud, Pierre-Olivier (2015). Inflammatory response of endothelial cells to a human endogenous retrovirus associated with multiple sclerosis is mediated by TLR4. International Immunology, 27(11) pp. 545–553.

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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. (2014). The poorly membrane permeable antipsychotic drugs amisulpride and sulpiride are substrates of the organic cation transporters from the SLC22 family. AAPS Journal, 16(6) pp. 1247–1258.

Dickens, David; Yusof, Siti R.; Abbott, N. Joan; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio A; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Alfirevic, Ana; Pirmohamed, Munir and Owen, Andrew (2013). A multi-system approach assessing the interaction of anticonvulsants with P-gp. PLoS ONE, 8(5), article no. e64854.

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 (2013). Targeting endothelial CD146 attenuates neuroinflammation by limiting lymphocyte extravasation to the CNS. Scientific reports, 3, article no. 1687.

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. (2013). 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. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 212(1) pp. 173–179.

Dickens, David; Owen, Andrew; Alfirevic, Ana; Giannoudis, Athina; Davies, Andrea; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio A; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier and Pirmohamed, Munir (2012). Lamotrigine is a substrate for OCT1 in brain endothelial cells. Biochemical Pharmacology, 83(6) pp. 805–814.

Dauchy, Sandrine; Miller, Florence; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Weaver, Richard, J.; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio A.; Scherrmann, Jean-Michel; De Waziers, Isabelle and Decleves, Xavier (2009). Expression and transcriptional regulation of ABC transporters and cytochromes P450 in hCMEC/D3 human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells. Biochemical Pharmacology, 77(5) pp. 897–909.

Didier, Nathalie; Romero, Ignacio A.; Creminon, Christophe; Wijkhuisen, Anne; Grassi, Jacques and Mabondzo, Aloise (2003). Secretion of interleukin-1β by astrocytes mediates endothelin-1 and tumour necrosis factor-α effects on human brain microvascular endothelial cell permeability. Journal of Neurochemistry, 86(1) pp. 246–254.

Frias Anaya, Eduardo; Gromnicova, Radka; Kraev, Igor; Rogachevsky, Vadim; Male, David; Crea, Francesco; Hawkes, Cheryl and Romero, Ignacio A. (2021). Age-related ultrastructural neurovascular changes in the female mouse cortex and hippocampus. Neurobiology of Aging, 101 pp. 273–284.

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Francisco, David M. F.; Marchetti, Luca; Rodríguez-Lorenzo, Sabela; Frias-Anaya, Eduardo; Figueiredo, Ricardo M.; Winter, Peter; Romero, Ignacio Andres; de Vries, Helga E.; Engelhardt, Britta; Bruggmann, Rémy and BtRAIN Network, (2020). Advancing brain barriers RNA sequencing: guidelines from experimental design to publication. Fluids and barriers of the CNS, 17(1), article no. 51.

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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. (2012). Hepatitis C Virus infects the endothelial cells of the blood-brain barrier. Gastroenterology, 142(3) 634-643.e6.

Fouillet, A.; Mawson, J.; Suliman, O.; Sharrack, B.; Romero, I. A. and Woodroofe, M. N. (2012). CCL2 binding is CCR2 independent in primary adult human astrocytes. Brain research, 1437 pp. 115–26.

Freese, Christian; Uboldi, Chiara; Gibson, Matthew I.; Unger, Ronald E.; Weksler, Babette B.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier and Kirkpatrick, C. J. (2012). Uptake and cytotoxicity of citrate-coated gold nanospheres: Comparative studies on human endothelial and epithelial cells. Particle and Fibre Toxicology, 9, article no. 23.

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Faria, Ana; Pestana, Diogo; Teixeira, Diana; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette; de Freitas, Victor; Mateus, Nuno and Calhau, Conceição (2011). Insights into the putative catechin and epicatechin transport across blood-brain barrier. Food & Function(2) pp. 39–44.

Fossati, S.; Cam, J.; Meyerson, J.; Mezhericher, E.; Romero, I. A.; Couraud, P. O.; Weksler, B. B.; Ghiso, J. and Rostagno, A. (2010). Differential activation of mitochondrial apoptotic pathways by vasculotropic amyloid-β variants in cells composing the cerebral vessel walls. FASEB Journal, 24(1) pp. 229–241.

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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. (2009). Signaling mechanism of extracellular RNA in endothelial cells. FASEB Journal, 23(7) pp. 2100–2109.

Förster, C.; Burek, M.; Romero, I. A.; Weksler, B.; Couraud, P. O. and Drenckhahn, D. (2008). Differential effects of hydrocortisone and TNFα on tight junction proteins in an in vitro model of the human blood–brain barrier. The Journal of Physiology, 586(7) pp. 1937–1949.

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Flynn, Geraldine; Maru, Seema; Loughlin, Jane; Romero, Ignacio A. and Male, David (2003). Regulation of chemokine receptor expression in human microglia and astrocytes. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 136(1-2) pp. 84–93.

Goodall, Emily F.; Leach, Vicki; Wang, Chunfang; Cooper-Knock, Johnathan; Heath, Paul R.; Baker, David; Drew, David R.; Saffrey, M. Jill; Simpson, Julie E.; Romero, Ignacio A. and Wharton, Stephen B. (2019). Age-Associated mRNA and miRNA Expression Changes in the Blood-Brain Barrier. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(12), article no. 3097.

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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. (2018). Age-associated changes in the blood brain barrier: Comparative studies in human and mouse. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, 44(3) pp. 328–340.

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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 (2017). Current research into brain barriers and the delivery of therapeutics for neurological diseases: a report on CNS barrier congress London, UK, 2017. Fluids and barriers of the CNS, 14(1) p. 31.

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Gromnicova, Radka; Kaya, Mehmet; Romero, Ignacio A.; Williams, Phil; Satchell, Simon; Sharrack, Basil and Male, David (2016). Transport of Gold Nanoparticles by Vascular Endothelium from Different Human Tissues. PLoS ONE, 11(8), article no. e0161610.

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Gromnicova, Radka; Yilmaz, Canan Ugur; Orhan, Nurcan; Kaya, Mehmet; Davies, Heather; Williams, Phil; Romero, Ignacio A.; Sharrack, Basil and Male, David (2016). Localisation and mobility of glucose-coated gold nanoparticles within the brain. Nanomedicine, 11(6) pp. 617–625.

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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. (2015). Insulin and IGF1 signalling pathways in human astrocytes in vitro and in vivo; characterisation, subcellular localisation and modulation of the receptors. Molecular Brain, 8(1), article no. 51.

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Gromnicova, Radka; Davies, Heather A.; Sreekanthreddy, Pedagannganagari; Romero, Ignacio A.; Lund, Torben; Roitt, Ivan M.; Phillips, James B. and Male, David K. (2013). Glucose-coated gold nanoparticles transfer across human brain endothelium and enter astrocytes in vitro. PLoS ONE, 8(12), article no. e81043.

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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. (2013). BBB ON CHIP: microfluidic platform to mechanically and biochemically modulate blood-brain barrier function. Biomedical Microdevices, 15(1) pp. 145–150.

Gromnicova, Radka; Romero, Ignacio A and Male, David (2012). Transcriptional control of the multi-drug transporter ABCB1 by transcription factor Sp3 in different human tissues. PLoS ONE, 7(10), article no. e48189.

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Georgieva, Julia V.; Kalicharan, Dharamdajal; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Hoekstra, Dick and Zuhorn, Inge S (2011). Surface characteristics of nanoparticles determine their intracellular fate in and processing by human blood–brain barrier endothelial cells in vitro. Molecular Therapy, 19(2) pp. 318–325.

Gerhardt, C. C.; Romero, Ignacio A; Cancello, R.; Camoin, L. and Strosberg, A. D. (2001). Chemokines control fat accumulation and leptin secretion by cultured human adipocytes. Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 175(1 - 2) pp. 81–92.

Helms, Hans C; Abbott, N Joan; Burek, Malgorzata; Cecchelli, Romeo; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Deli, Maria A; Förster, Carola; Galla, Hans J; Romero, Ignacio A; Shusta, Eric V; Stebbins, Matthew J; Vandenhaute, Elodie; Weksler, Babette and Brodin, Birger (2016). In vitro models of the blood–brain barrier: An overview of commonly used brain endothelial cell culture models and guidelines for their use. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 36(5) pp. 862–890.

Hatherell, Kathryn; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette and Pilkington, Geoffrey J. (2011). Development of a three-dimensional, all-human in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier using mono-, co-, and tri-cultivation Transwell models. Journal of neuroscience methods, 199(2) pp. 223–229.

Hurst, Louise A.; Bunning, Rowena A.D.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette B.; Sharrack, Basil and Woodroofe, M. Nicola (2009). Expression of ADAM-17, TIMP-3 and fractalkine in the human adult brain endothelial cell line, hCMEC/D3, following pro-inflammatory cytokine treatment. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 210(1-2) pp. 108–112.

Holloway, Karen; Sade, Hadassah; Romero, Ignacio A. and Male, David (2007). Action of transcription factors in the control of transferrin receptor expression in human brain endothelium. Journal of Molecular Biology, 365(5) pp. 1271–1284.

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Juan-Larrea, Naiara; Mather, Rebecca; Romero, Ignacio A.; Sibson, Nicola R. and Crea, Francesco (2018). The role of long non-coding RNAs in breast cancer dissemination to the brain. In: CRUK brain tumour conference, 1-3 May 2018, London.

Joice, Shannon L.; Mydeen, Firdau; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Weksler, Babette B.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Fraser, Paul A. and Easton, Alexander S. (2009). Modulation of blood-brain barrier permeability by neutrophils: in vitro and in vivo studies. Brain Research, 1298 pp. 13–23.

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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. (2015). Serotype O18 avian pathogenic and neonatal meningitis Escherichia coli strains employ similar pathogenic strategies for the onset of meningitis. Virulence, 6(8) pp. 777–786.

Kamphuis, W. W.; Derada Troletti, C.; Reijerkerk, A.; Romero, I. A. and de Vries, H. E. (2015). The blood-brain barrier in multiple sclerosis: microRNAs as key regulators. CNS & Neurological Disorders Drug Targets, 14(2) pp. 157–67.

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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. (2012). The involvement of a Na⁺- and Cl⁻-dependent transporter in the brain uptake of amantadine and rimantadine. Molecular pharmaceutics, 9(4) pp. 883–93.

Lopez-Ramirez, Miguel Alejandro; Pham, Angela; Girard, Romuald; Wyseure, Tine; Hale, Preston; Yamashita, Atsuki; Koskimäki, Janne; Polster, Sean; Saadat, Laleh; Romero, Ignacio A.; Esmon, Charles T.; Lagarrigue, Frederic; Awad, Issam A.; Mosnier, Laurent O. and Ginsberg, Mark H. (2019). Cerebral cavernous malformations form an anticoagulant vascular domain in humans and mice. Blood, 133(3) pp. 193–204.

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Lopez-Ramirez, Miguel Alejandro; Reijerkerk, Arie; de Vries, Helga E. and Romero, Ignacio Andres (2016). Regulation of brain endothelial barrier function by microRNAs in health and neuroinflammation. The FASEB Journal, 30(8) pp. 2662–2672.

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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 (2014). MicroRNA-155 negatively affects blood-brain barrier function during neuroinflammation. FASEB Journal, 28(6) pp. 2551–2565.

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Lopez-Ramirez, Miguel Alejandro; Male, David Kingsley; Wang, Chunfang; Sharrack, Basil; Wu, Dongsheng and Romero, Ignacio Andres (2013). Cytokine-induced changes in the gene expression profile of a human cerebral microvascular endothelial cell-line, hCMEC/D3. Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 10(1), article no. 27.

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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 (2012). 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. FASEB Journal, 26(10) pp. 3969–3979.

Laakkonen, Johanna P.; Engler, Tatjana; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Kreppel, Florian and Kochanek, Stefan (2012). Transcellular targeting of fiber- and hexon-modified adenovirus vectors across the brain microvascular endothelial cells in vitro. PLoS ONE, 7(9) e45977.

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. (2012). Role of caspases in cytokine-induced barrier breakdown in human brain endothelial cells. Journal of Immunology, 189(6) pp. 3130–3139.

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. (2008). Activation of β-catenin signalling by GSK-3 inhibition increases p-glycoprotein expression in brain endothelial cells. Journal of Neurochemistry, 106(4) pp. 1855–1865.

Mather, Rebecca L.; Parolia, Abhijit; Carson, Sandra E.; Venalainen, Erik; Roig-Carles, David; Jaber, Mustapha; Chu, Shih‐Chun; Alborelli, Ilaria; Wu, Rebecca; Lin, Dong; Nabavi, Noushin; Jachetti, Elena; Colombo, Mario P.; Xue, Hui; Pucci, Perla; Ci, Xinpei; Hawkes, Cheryl; Li, Yinglei; Pandha, Hardev; Ulitsky, Igor; Marconett, Crystal; Quagliata, Luca; Jiang, Wei; Romero, Ignacio A; Wang, Yuzhuo and Crea, Francesco (2021). The evolutionarily conserved long non‐coding RNA LINC00261 drives neuroendocrine prostate cancer proliferation and metastasis via distinct nuclear and cytoplasmic mechanisms. Molecular Oncology, 15(7) pp. 1921–1941.

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Mcquaid, Conor; Halsey, Andrea; Dubois, Maeva; Romero, Ignacio A and Male, David (2021). Comparison of polypeptides that bind the transferrin receptor for targeting gold nanocarriers. PLoS ONE, 16(6), article no. e0252341.

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Moreau, Nathan; Mauborgne, Annie; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette B; Villanueva, Luis; Pohl, Michel and Boucher, Yves (2017). 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? Molecular pain, 13 pp. 1–16.

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Moreau, Nathan; Mauborgne, Annie; Bourgoin, Sylvie; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette B.; Villanueva, Luis; Pohl, Michel and Boucher, Yves (2016). 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. PAIN, 157(4) pp. 827–839.

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 (2014). Microparticles in multiple sclerosis and clinically isolated syndrome: effect on endothelial barrier function. BMC Neuroscience, 15, article no. 110.

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Markoutsa, Eleni; Pampalakis, Georgios; Niarakis, Anna; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier and Antimisiaris, Sophia G. (2011). Uptake and permeability studies of BBB-targeting immunoliposomes using the hCMEC/D3 cell line. European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 77(2) pp. 265–274.

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Mills, Jeffrey H.; Alabanza, Leah; Weksler, Babette B.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A. and Bynoe, Margaret S. (2011). Human brain endothelial cells are responsive to adenosine receptor activation. Purinergic Signalling, 7(2) pp. 265–273.

Mkrtchyan, H.; Scheler, S.; Klein, I.; Fahr, A.; Couraud, P. O.; Romero, I. A.; Weksler, B. and Liehr, T. (2009). Molecular cytogenetic characterization of the human cerebral microvessel endothelial cell line hCMEC/D3. Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 126 pp. 313–317.

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Maru, Seema V.; Holloway, Karen A.; Flynn, Geraldine; Lancashire, Christine L.; Loughlin, A. Jane; Male, David K. and Romero, Ignacio A. (2008). Chemokine production and chemokine receptor expression by human glioma cells: Role of CXCL10 in tumour cell proliferation. Journal of Neuroimmunology, 199(1-2) pp. 35–45.

Nizari, Shereen; Wells, Jack A.; Carare, Roxana O.; Romero, Ignacio A. and Hawkes, Cheryl A. (2021). Loss of cholinergic innervation differentially affects eNOS-mediated blood flow, drainage of Aβ and cerebral amyloid angiopathy in the cortex and hippocampus of adult mice. Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 9(1), article no. 12.

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Nizari, Shereen; Carare, Roxana O.; Romero, Ignacio A. and Hawkes, Cheryl A. (2019). 3D Reconstruction of the Neurovascular Unit Reveals Differential Loss of Cholinergic Innervation in the Cortex and Hippocampus of the Adult Mouse Brain. Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 11, article no. 172.

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Nizari, Shereen; Romero, Ignacio A. and Hawkes, Cheryl A. (2017). The role of perivascular innervation and neurally mediated vasoreactivity in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease. Clinical Science, 131(12) pp. 1207–1214.

Naik, Pooja; Fofaria, Neel; Prasad, Shikha; Sajja, Ravi K.; Weksler, Babette; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A. and Cucullo, Luca (2014). 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? BMC Neuroscience, 15, article no. 51.

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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 (2014). Drug-induced trafficking of p-glycoprotein in human brain capillary endothelial cells as demonstrated by exposure to mitomycin C. PloS one, 9(2), article no. e88154.

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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 (2013). The angiogenic gene profile of circulating endothelial progenitor cells from ischemic stroke patients. Vascular Cell, 5(3) p. 3.

Najbauer, Joseph; Haarmann, Axel; Deiß, Annika; Prochaska, Jürgen; Foerch, Christian; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Stoll, Guido; Rieckmann, Peter and Buttmann, Mathias (2010). Evaluation of soluble junctional adhesion molecule-a as a biomarker of human brain endothelial barrier breakdown. PLoS ONE, 5(10) e13568.

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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. (2014). CXCL1/CXCL8 (GROα/IL-8) in human diabetic ketoacidosis plasma facilitates leukocyte recruitment to cerebrovascular endothelium in vitro. American Journal of Physiology. Endocrinology and Metabolism, 306(9) E1077-E1084.

Pucci, Perla; Crea, Francesco; Alborelli, Ilaria; Quagliata, Luca; Bootman, Martin; Rigas, Sushilaben; Romero, Ignacio and Wang, Yuzhuo (2020). Long non-coding RNAs are key players in Prostate cancer tumorigenesis and drug resistance. In: 27th Annual PCF Scientific Retreat Virtual Poster Session, 20-23 Oct 2020, Virtual, Morressier.

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Pucci, Perla; Venalainen, Erik; Alborelli, Ilaria; Quagliata, Luca; Hawkes, Cheryl; Mather, Rebecca; Romero, Ignacio A; Rigas, Sushila; Wang, Yuzhuo and Crea, Francesco (2020). LncRNA HORAS5 promotes taxane resistance in castration-resistant prostate cancer via a BCL2A1-dependent mechanism. Epigenomics, 12(13) pp. 1123–1138.

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Pucci, P.; Venalainen, E.; Alborelli, I.; Quagliata, L.; Mather, R.; Rigas, S.; Romero, I.; Wang, Y. and Crea, F. (2019). HORAS5 promotes cabazitaxel resistance in castration resistant prostate cancer via a BCL2A1-dependent survival mechanism. Annals of Oncology, 30(5) v798.

Pucci, Perla; Venalainen, Erik; Mather, Rebecca; Xue, Hui; Rigas, Sushila; Romero, Ignacio A; Wang, Yuzho and Crea, Francesco (2017). Identification of a long non-coding RNA that mediates response to therapy in castration-resistant prostate cancer. In: 3rd International Cancer Symposium, 25-27 Sep 2017, Lyon, France.

Pinzón-Daza, M. L.; Garzón, R.; Couraud, P. O.; Romero, I. A.; Weksler, B.; Ghigo, D.; Bosia, A. and Riganti, C. (2012). The association of statins plus LDL receptor-targeted liposome-encapsulated doxorubicin increases the in vitro drug delivery across blood-brain barrier cells. British Journal of Pharmacology, 167(7) pp. 1431–1447.

Poller, Birk; Gutmann, Heike; Krahenbuhl, Stephan; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio A.; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Tuffin, Gerald; Drewe, Jürgen and Huwyler, Jörg (2008). The human brain endothelial cell line hCMEC/D3 as a human blood-brain barrier model for drug transport studies. Journal of Neurochemistry, 107(5) pp. 1358–1368.

Qosa, Hisham; Abuasal, Bilal S.; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Couraud, Pierre-Oliver; Keller, Jeffrey N. and Kaddoumi, Amal (2014). Differences in amyloid-β clearance across mouse and human blood-brain barrier models: kinetic analysis and mechanistic modeling. Neuropharmacology, 79 pp. 668–678.

Rahatekar Singh, Nandita; Gromnicova, Radka; Brachner, Andreas; Kraev, Igor; Romero, Ignacio A; Neuhaus, Winfried and Male, David (2023). A hydrogel model of the human blood-brain barrier using differentiated stem cells. PLOS ONE, 18(4), article no. e0283954.

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Roig-Carles, David; Willms, Eduard; Fontijn, Ruud D.; Martinez-Pacheco, Sarai; Mäger, Imre; de Vries, Helga E.; Hirst, Mark; Sharrack, Basil; Male, David K.; Hawkes, Cheryl A. and Romero, Ignacio A. (2021). Endothelial-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Induce Cerebrovascular Dysfunction in Inflammation. Pharmaceutics, 13(9), article no. 1525.

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Reddy, P; Gromnicova, Radka; Davies, Heather; Phillips, James; Romero, Ignacio A and Male, David (2016). A three-dimensional model of the human blood-brain barrier to analyse the transport of nanoparticles and astrocyte/endothelial interactions. F1000Research, 4, article no. 1279.

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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. (2014). Paracrine signalling of inflammatory cytokines from an in vitro blood brain barrier model upon exposure to polymeric nanoparticles. Analyst, 139(5) pp. 923–930.

Reuter, B.; Rodemer, C.; Grudzenski, S.; Couraud, P.-O.; Weksler, B.; Romero, Ignacio A; Meairs, S.; Bugert, P.; Hennerici, M. G and Fatar, M. (2013). Temporal profile of matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors in a human endothelial cell culture model of cerebral ischemia. Cerebrovascular Diseases, 35(6) pp. 514–520.

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. (2013). MicroRNAs regulate human brain endothelial cell-barrier function in inflammation: implications for multiple sclerosis. The Journal of Neuroscience, 33(16) pp. 6857–6863.

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Roberts, Toni K; Eugenin, Eliseo A; Lopez, Lillie; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette B; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier and Berman, Joan W (2012). CCL2 disrupts the adherens junction: implications for neuroinflammation. Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology, 92(8) pp. 1213–1233.

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 (2009). Methamphetamine disrupts blood–brain barrier function by induction of oxidative stress in brain endothelial cells. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 29(12) pp. 1933–1945.

Romero, I.A.; Radewicz, K.; Jubin, E.; Michel, C.C.; Greenwood, J.; Couraud, P.O. and Adamson, P. (2003). Changes in cytoskeletal and tight junctional proteins correlate with decreased permeability induced by dexamethasone in cultured rat brain endothelial cells. Neuroscience Letters, 344(2) pp. 112–116.

Romero, I.A.; Amos, C.L.; Greenwood, J. and Adamson, P. (2002). Ezrin and moesin co-localise with ICAM-1 in brain endothelial cells but are not directly associated. Molecular Brain Research, 105(1-2) pp. 47–59.

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 (2002). Human adipose cells express CD4, CXCR4, and CCR5 receptors: a new target cell type for the immunodeficiency virus-1? FASEB Journal, 16(8) pp. 1254–1256.

Sartages, Miriam; Floridia, Ebel; García-Colomer, Mar; Iglesias, Cristina; Macía, Manuel; Peñas, Patricia; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A.; Weksler, Babette; Pombo, Celia M. and Zalvide, Juan (2020). High Levels of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in CCM3-Deficient Cells Increase Their Susceptibility to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition. Biomedicines, 8(12) e624.

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Silva-Abreu, Marcelle; Calpena, Ana Cristina; Benito, Pol Andres; Romero, Ignacio A.; Roig-Carles, David; Gromnicova, Radka; Espina, Marta; Ferrer, Isidre; Garcia, Maria Luisa and Male, David (2018). PPARγ agonist-loaded PLGA -PEG nanocarriers as a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease: in vitro and in vivo studies. International Journal of Nanomedicine, 13 pp. 5577–5590.

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Silva de Abreu, Marcelle; Calpena, Ana C.; Espina, Marta; Garcia, Maria Luisa; Romero, Ignacio A. and Male, David (2017). Toxicity and internalization of polymeric nanoparticles in brain endothelial cells. In: Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, BioMed Central, 14(Supp2) p. 19.

Sun, P.; Esteban, G.; Inokuchi, T.; Marco-Contelles, J.; Weksler, B. B.; Romero, I. A.; Couraud, P. O.; Unzeta, M. and Solé, M. (2015). 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. British Journal of Pharmacology, 172(22) pp. 5390–5402.

Schrade, Anja; Sade, Hadassah; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Romero, Ignacio A; Weksler, Babette B and Niewoehner, Jens (2012). Expression and localization of claudins-3 and -12 in transformed human brain endothelium. Fluids and barriers of the CNS, 9 p. 6.

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. (2011). Tyrosine phosphorylation of VE-cadherin and claudin-5 is associated with TGF-β1-induced permeability of centrally derived vascular endothelium. European Journal of Cell Biology, 90(4) pp. 323–332.

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Sade, Hadassah; Holloway, Karen; Romero, Ignacio A. and Male, David (2009). Transcriptional control of occludin expression in vascular endothelia: regulation by Sp3 and YY1. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms, 1789(3) pp. 175–184.

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Subileau, Eve A; Rezaie, Payam; Davies, Heather; Colyer, Frances; Greenwood, John; Male, David and Romero, Ignacio A (2009). Expression of chemokines and their receptors by human brain endothelium: Implications for multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, 68(3) pp. 227–240.

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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. (2007). Reactive oxygen species alter brain endothelial tight junction dynamics via RhoA, PI3 kinase, and PKB signaling. FASEB Journal, 21(13) pp. 3666–3676.

Tai, L. M.; Holloway, K. A.; Male, D. K.; Loughlin, A. J. and Romero, I. A (2010). Amyloid-β-induced occludin down-regulation and increased permeability in human brain endothelial cells is mediated by MAPK activation. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, 14(5) pp. 1101–1112.

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Tai, Leon M.; Reddy, P. Sreekanth; Lopez-Ramirez, M. Alejandro; Davies, Heather A.; Male, A. David K.; Loughlin, A. Jane and Romero, Ignacio A. (2009). Polarized P-glycoprotein expression by the immortalised human brain endothelial cell line, hCMEC/D3, restricts apical-to-basolateral permeability to rhodamine 123. Brain Research, 1292 pp. 14–24.

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Tai, Leon M.; Loughlin, A. Jane; Male, David K. and Romero, Ignacio A. (2009). P-glycoprotein and breast cancer resistance protein restrict apical-to-basolateral permeability of human brain endothelium to amyloid-β. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, 29(6) pp. 1079–1083.

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 (2015). 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. Journal of General Virology, 96 pp. 1682–1695.

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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 (2010). Identification of peptide ligands for targeting to the blood-brain barrier. Pharmaceutical Research, 27(4) pp. 673–682.

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Vu, Kiem; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio A; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier and Gelli, Angie (2009). 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. Eukaryotic Cell, 8(11) pp. 1803–1807.

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 (2009). 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. Neurobiology of Disease, 34(1) pp. 95–106.

Williams, Sarah K.; Fairless, Richard; Maier, Olaf; Liermann, Patricia C.; Pichi, Kira; Fischer, Roman; Eisel, Ulrich L. M.; Kontermann, Roland; Herrmann, Andreas; Weksler, Babette; Romero, Nacho; Couraud, Pierre-Olivier; Pfizenmaier, Klaus and Diem, Ricarda (2018). Anti-TNFR1 targeting in humanized mice ameliorates disease in a model of multiple sclerosis. Scientific reports, 8 pp. 1–14.

Wijetunge, D. S. S.; Gongati, S.; DebRoy, C.; Kim, K. S.; Couraud, P. O.; Romero, I. A.; Weksler, B. and Kariyawasam, S. (2015). Characterizing the pathotype of neonatal meningitis causing Escherichia coli (NMEC). BMC Microbiology, 15, article no. 211.

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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 (2015). Brain endothelial miR-146a negatively modulates T-cell adhesion through repressing multiple targets to inhibit NF-κB activation. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism, 35(3) pp. 412–23.

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Weksler, Babette; Romero, Ignacio A. and Couraud, Pierre-Olivier (2013). The hCMEC/D3 cell line as a model of the human blood brain barrier. Fluids and barriers of the CNS, 10(1), article no. 16.

Wang, C.; Saffrey, M. J. and Romero, I. A. (2013). Age-related changes in blood-brain barrier integrity in C57BL/6J mice. In: British Society for Research on Ageing Annual Scientific Meeting, 2-4 Sep 2013, Institute of Food Research, University of East Anglia, Norwich, p. 36.

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Watson, Christopher P.; Dogruel, Murat; Mihoreanu, Larisa; Begley, David J.; Weksler, Babette B.; Couraud, Pierre O.; Romero, Ignacio A. and Thomas, Sarah A. (2012). 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. Brain research, 1436 pp. 111–121.

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. (2008). Hyperosmotic stress induces Axl activation and cleavage in cerebral endothelial cells. Journal of Neurochemistry, 107(1) pp. 116–126.

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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. (2007). Regulation of cerebral endothelial cell morphology by extracellular calcium. Physics in medicine and biology, 52(20) pp. 6261–6274.

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. (2005). Blood-brain barrier-specific properties of a human adult brain endothelial cell line. FASEB Journal, 19(13) pp. 1872–1874.

Xeniou, Ourania; Romero, Ignacio A and Saffrey, Jill (2003). Effects of neurotrophic factors on neurochemical differentiation of postnatal rat myenteric plexus ganglion cells in vitro. In: British Neuroscience Association Abstracts, British Neuroscience Association, 17 p. 48.

Xeniou, O.; Romero, I. and Saffrey, M. J. (2003). The role of neurotrophic factors and extracellular matrix components in postnatal myenteric neuronal differentiation. In: Neurogastroenterology and Motility, Blackwell, 15(2) p. 201.

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 (2009). Up-regulation of P-glycoprotein by HIV protease inhibitors in a human brain microvessel endothelial cell line. Journal of Neuroscience Research, 87(4) pp. 1023–1036.