Endothelial cells from vascular-dependent central nervous system (CNS) diseases reveal reactivated fetal pathways, display common hallmarks of disease — including a partial loss of arteriovenous specification and CNS-specific properties as well as an upregulation of MHC class II receptors — and play a key role in the human brain neurovascular unit across development, adulthood and disease.
- Thomas Wälchli
- Moheb Ghobrial
- Ivan Radovanovic
