Wnt Activation of Immortalized Brain Endothelial Cells as a Tool for Generating a Standardized Model of the Blood Brain Barrier In Vitro

Roberta Paolinelli; Monica Corada; Luca Ferrarini; Kavi Devraj; Cédric Artus; Cathrin J. Czupalla; Noemi Rudini; Luigi Maddaluno; Eleanna Papa; Britta Engelhardt; Pierre Olivier Couraud; Stefan Liebner; Elisabetta Dejana

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070233

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Wnt Activation of Immortalized Brain Endothelial Cells as a Tool for Generating a Standardized Model of the Blood Brain Barrier In Vitro

Roberta Paolinelli,

Affiliation IFOM-FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation, Milan, Italy
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Monica Corada ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Monica Corada, Luca Ferrarini, Kavi Devraj

Affiliation IFOM-FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation, Milan, Italy
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Luca Ferrarini ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Monica Corada, Luca Ferrarini, Kavi Devraj

Affiliation IFOM-FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation, Milan, Italy
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Kavi Devraj ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Monica Corada, Luca Ferrarini, Kavi Devraj

Affiliation Institute of Neurology (Edinger Institute), Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Cédric Artus,

Affiliations Inserm, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Cathrin J. Czupalla,

Affiliation Institute of Neurology (Edinger Institute), Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Noemi Rudini,

Affiliation IFOM-FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation, Milan, Italy
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Luigi Maddaluno,

Affiliation IFOM-FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation, Milan, Italy
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Eleanna Papa,

Affiliation IFOM-FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation, Milan, Italy
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Britta Engelhardt,

Affiliation Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Pierre Olivier Couraud,

Affiliations Inserm, U1016, Institut Cochin, Paris, France, CNRS, UMR8104, Paris, France, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Stefan Liebner,

Affiliation Institute of Neurology (Edinger Institute), Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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Elisabetta Dejana

* E-mail: elisabetta.dejana@ifom.eu

Affiliations IFOM-FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation, Milan, Italy, Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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Wnt Activation of Immortalized Brain Endothelial Cells as a Tool for Generating a Standardized Model of the Blood Brain Barrier In Vitro

Roberta Paolinelli,
Monica Corada,
Luca Ferrarini,
Kavi Devraj,
Cédric Artus,
Cathrin J. Czupalla,
Noemi Rudini,
Luigi Maddaluno,
Eleanna Papa,
Britta Engelhardt

Published: August 5, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070233

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