PMID- 32677965 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210503 LR - 20210503 IS - 2045-8118 (Electronic) IS - 2045-8118 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jul 16 TI - Modeling blood-brain barrier pathology in cerebrovascular disease in vitro: current and future paradigms. PG - 44 LID - 10.1186/s12987-020-00202-7 [doi] LID - 44 AB - The complexity of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and neurovascular unit (NVU) was and still is a challenge to bridge. A highly selective, restrictive and dynamic barrier, formed at the interface of blood and brain, the BBB is a "gatekeeper" and guardian of brain homeostasis and it also acts as a "sensor" of pathological events in blood and brain. The majority of brain and cerebrovascular pathologies are associated with BBB dysfunction, where changes at the BBB can lead to or support disease development. Thus, an ultimate goal of BBB research is to develop competent and highly translational models to understand mechanisms of BBB/NVU pathology and enable discovery and development of therapeutic strategies to improve vascular health and for the efficient delivery of drugs. This review article focuses on the progress being made to model BBB injury in cerebrovascular diseases in vitro. FAU - Andjelkovic, Anuska V AU - Andjelkovic AV AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8365-8016 AD - Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, 7520 MSRB I, 1150 West Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5602, USA. anuskaa@med.umich.edu. FAU - Stamatovic, Svetlana M AU - Stamatovic SM AD - Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, 7520 MSRB I, 1150 West Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5602, USA. FAU - Phillips, Chelsea M AU - Phillips CM AD - Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. FAU - Martinez-Revollar, Gabriela AU - Martinez-Revollar G AD - Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, 7520 MSRB I, 1150 West Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-5602, USA. FAU - Keep, Richard F AU - Keep RF AD - Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. AD - Department of Molecular Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. LA - eng GR - RF1 AG057928/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - RF1 AG064957/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - NS111205/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - RFA057928/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20200716 PL - England TA - Fluids Barriers CNS JT - Fluids and barriers of the CNS JID - 101553157 SB - IM MH - Astrocytes/*physiology MH - *Blood-Brain Barrier/immunology/pathology/physiopathology MH - *Cerebrovascular Disorders/immunology/pathology/physiopathology MH - Endothelial Cells/*physiology MH - Humans MH - *In Vitro Techniques MH - *Models, Neurological MH - Neurons/*physiology MH - Tight Junctions/*physiology PMC - PMC7367394 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Blood-brain barrier OT - Brain vascular malformation OT - In vitro models OT - Neurovascular units OT - Stroke OT - Vascular dementia COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. RFK is a co-editor in chief of Fluids Barriers CNS. EDAT- 2020/07/18 06:00 MHDA- 2021/05/04 06:00 PMCR- 2020/07/16 CRDT- 2020/07/18 06:00 PHST- 2020/03/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/06/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/07/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/07/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/05/04 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/07/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12987-020-00202-7 [pii] AID - 202 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12987-020-00202-7 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Fluids Barriers CNS. 2020 Jul 16;17(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s12987-020-00202-7.