Blood-ocular barriers in health and disease. Light and electron microscopic studies of the eye

Authors	P. Hofman
Supervisors	M.D. de Smet G.F.J.M. Vrensen
Cosupervisors	R.O. Schlingemann
Award date	30-03-2001
Number of pages	127
Organisations	Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA)
Document type	PhD thesis
Note	Research conducted at: Geneeskunde, Infectieziekten
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Cover Titlepage CONTENTS GENERAL INTRODUCTION CHAPTER II VASCULAR EXPRESSION OF ENDOTHELIAL ANTIGEN PAL-E INDICATES ABSENCE OF BLOOD-OCULAR BARRIERS IN THE NORMAL EYE CHAPTER III ASYMMETRICAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLASMALEMMAL VESICLES/CAVEOLAE IN BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER ENDOTHELIUM CHAPTER IV CILIARY MUSCLE CAPILLARIES HAVE BLOOD-TISSUE BARRIER CHARACTERISTICS CHAPTER V MICROVESSELS IN THE PRE-LAMINAR OPTIC NERVE HEAD LACK BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER PROPERTIES CHAPTER VI INCREASED EXPRESSION OF ENDOTHELIAL ANTIGEN PAL-E IN HUMAN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY CORRELATES WITH MICROVASCULAR LEAKAGE CHAPTER VII ROLE OF VEGF-A IN ENDOTHELIAL PHENOTYPIC SHIFT IN HUMAN DIABETIC RETINOPATHY AND VEGF-A INDUCED RETINOPATHY IN MONKEYS CHAPTER VIII VEGF-A INDUCED HYPERPERMEABILITY OF BLOOD-RETINAL BARRIER ENDOTHELIUM IN VIVO IS PREDOMINANTLY ASSOCIATED WITH PINOCYTOTIC VESICULAR TRANSPORT AND NOT WITH FORMATION OF FENESTRATIONS CHAPTER IX NEW INSIGHTS INTO THE PATHOGENESIS OF CAPILLARY NON-PERFUSION IN THE RETINA: ENDOTHELIAL CELL HYPERTROPHY INDUCED BY VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR CHAPTER X SUMMARY SAMENVATTING CURRICULUM VITAE Cover
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