Do basophile structures as age dependent phenomenon indicate small vessel wall damage?

Microvasc Res. 2012 Nov;84(3):375-7. doi: 10.1016/j.mvr.2012.07.007. Epub 2012 Aug 2.

Abstract

Here we demonstrate basophile structures located in the arteriolar wall and being associated with a plasma-protein-leakage. We assume, that the structures indicate blood-brain-barrier-disturbances and degenerative small vessel wall alterations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Agaricus / metabolism
  • Age Factors
  • Animals
  • Arterioles / metabolism
  • Blood-Brain Barrier
  • Brain / metabolism
  • CD11c Antigen / biosynthesis
  • Capillaries / metabolism
  • Cytokines / metabolism
  • Dendritic Cells / cytology
  • Endothelium, Vascular / metabolism*
  • Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / metabolism
  • Interferon-gamma / metabolism
  • Lectins, C-Type / biosynthesis
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Microcirculation
  • Rats
  • Spleen / cytology
  • beta-Glucans / metabolism

Substances

  • CD11c Antigen
  • Cytokines
  • Lectins, C-Type
  • beta-Glucans
  • dectin 1
  • Interferon-gamma
  • Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor