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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is necessary for the proper function of the brain. Its maintenance is regulated by endogenous factors. Recent evidences suggest prolactin (PRL) regulate the BBB properties in vitro, nevertheless no evidence of its effects have been reported in vivo. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of PRL in the maintenan...
Specific proteolytic cleavages of the hormone prolactin (PRL) generate vasoinhibins, a family of peptides (including 16-kDa PRL) that are able to inhibit the pathologic increase in retinal vasopermeability (RVP) associated with diabetes. Here the authors tested the ability of an adenoassociated virus type 2 (AAV2) vasoinhibin vector to inhibit vasc...
Prolactin (PRL), originally associated with milk secretion, is known to have a wide variety of biological actions and diverse sites of production beyond the pituitary gland. Recent studies have demonstrated that PRL is synthesized in retinal tissue. To gain insights into the functional role of PRL in the mammalian retina, we mapped the distribution...
