Physiological blood-brain transport is impaired with age by a shift in transcytosis.
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Nature. 2020 Jul;583(7816):425-430. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2453-z. Epub 2020 Jul 1.
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This age-related shift occurs alongside a specific loss of pericyte coverage. Pharmacological inhibition of the age-upregulated phosphatase ALPL, a predicted negative regulator of transport, enhances brain uptake of therapeutically relevant transferrin, transferrin …
This age-related shift occurs alongside a specific loss of pericyte coverage. Pharmacological inhibition of the age-upregulated phosphata …