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Weihong Pan
Researcher at Tulane University
Publications - 38
Citations - 3115
Weihong Pan is an academic researcher from Tulane University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blood–brain barrier & Central nervous system. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 38 publications receiving 2969 citations. Previous affiliations of Weihong Pan include Veterans Health Administration.
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Interactions of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) with the blood-brain barrier.
TL;DR: It is concluded that [Ser8]GLp-1 and the endogenous peptide GLP-1 can gain access to the brain from the periphery by simple diffusion and thus contribute to the regulation of feeding.
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Decreased transport of leptin across the blood-brain barrier in rats lacking the short form of the leptin receptor
TL;DR: The results indicate that the short form of the leptin receptor is involved in the transport of leptin across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in rats.
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TNFα Transport across the Blood–Brain Barrier Is Abolished in Receptor Knockout Mice
Weihong Pan,Abba J. Kastin +1 more
TL;DR: The results clearly demonstrate that the transport of TNFα across the BBB is a complicated process involving additive or even synergistic activities of both receptors, thus differing from typical ligand–receptor binding and downstream signal transduction.
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Permeability of the blood–brain and blood–spinal cord barriers to interferons
TL;DR: The results show that IFNs and TNF alpha can enter the CNS from the periphery but with regional differences, and it is found that the spinal cord had greater permeability to IFNs than did the brain.
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Tumor Necrosis Factor-α: a Neuromodulator in the CNS
Weihong Pan,James E. Zadina,Richard E. Harlan,Joseph T. Weber,William A. Banks,Abba J. Kastin +5 more
TL;DR: Accumulating evidence suggests a beneficial effect when TNFα is applied at optimal doses and at specific periods of time, and TNF α may be an important neuromodulator in development of the CNS, diseases of demyelination and degeneration, and in the process of regeneration.