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The Role of Molecular Charge in the Extravasation and Clearance of Protein Tracers in Blood-Brain Barrier Impairment and Cerebral Edema

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Recent Progress in the Study and Therapy of Brain Edema

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In various models of blood-brain barrier (BBB) impairment with the formation of brain edema, differences in the extravasation and spreading through the brain of protein tracers have been reported. These differences could be attributed in part to the use of differ-ent detection methods10,18,27 but in other cases appeared to be tracer dependent11,13,26. Intravenously injected horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and endogenous serum albumin as well as IgG have been used as the main protein tracers; differences in their extravasation and spreading could not be fully explained by molecular weight or molecular radius13. This suggested the involvement of other factors. In the study of glomerular pathology with proteinuria, the molecular charge of serum proteins has been shown to constitute such a factor2,19.

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  1. New York State Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities, Staten Island NY, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    R. C. Moretz, H. G. Rennke & H. M. Wisniewski

  2. Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    R. C. Moretz, H. G. Rennke & H. M. Wisniewski

  3. Visiting scientist from the University of Groningen, The Netherlands

    H. J. Houthoff

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Houthoff, H.J., Moretz, R.C., Rennke, H.G., Wisniewski, H.M. (1984). The Role of Molecular Charge in the Extravasation and Clearance of Protein Tracers in Blood-Brain Barrier Impairment and Cerebral Edema. In: Go, K.G., Baethmann, A. (eds) Recent Progress in the Study and Therapy of Brain Edema. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4616-6_7

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