A novel co-culture model for investigation of the effects of LPS-induced macrophage-derived cytokines on brain endothelial cells

• Junling Yang ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: junling@uic.edu

  ¶‡ JY and YL contributed equally to this work as share first authorship.

  Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, United states of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1523-5067

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• Yinchuan Li ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization

  ¶‡ JY and YL contributed equally to this work as share first authorship.

  Affiliation Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8450-6126

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• Ambuj Bhalla,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, United states of America

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• Mark Maienschein-Cline,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Software

  Affiliation Research Informatics Core, Research Resources Center, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Ken-ichiro Fukuchi

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Peoria, Illinois, United states of America

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