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  • Boroujerdi, A., Tigges, U., Welser-Alves, J. V., Milner, R. Isolation and culture of primary pericytes from mouse brain Methods in Molecular Biology  2014 1135:383-392  DOI:10.1007/978-1-4939-0320-7_31  PMID:24510880
  • Welser-Alves, J. V., Boroujerdi, A., Tigges, U., Wrabetz, L., Feltri, M. L., Milner, R. Endothelial beta4 integrin is predominantly expressed in arterioles, where it promotes vascular remodeling in the hypoxic brain Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology  2013 33:943-953  DOI:10.1161/atvbaha.112.300566  PMID:23471230
  • Tigges, U., Boroujerdi, A., Welser-Alves, J. V., Milner, R. TNF-alpha promotes cerebral pericyte remodeling in vitro, via a switch from alpha1 to alpha2 integrins Journal of Neuroinflammation  2013 10:33  DOI:10.1186/1742-2094-10-33  PMID:23448258  PMCID:PMC3616978
  • Tigges, U., Welser-Alves, J. V., Boroujerdi, A., Milner, R. A novel and simple method for culturing pericytes from mouse brain Microvascular Research  2012 84:74-80  DOI:10.1016/j.mvr.2012.03.008  PMID:22484453  PMCID:PMC3748138
  • Boroujerdi, A., Welser-Alves, J. V., Tigges, U., Milner, R. Chronic cerebral hypoxia promotes arteriogenic remodeling events that can be identified by reduced endoglin (CD105) expression and a switch in beta 1 integrins Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism  2012 32:1820-1830  DOI:10.1038/jcbfm.2012.94  PMID:22739620  PMCID:PMC3434638
  • Welser-Alves, J. V., Boroujerdi, A., Tigges, U., Milner, R. Microglia use multiple mechanisms to mediate interactions with vitronectin; non-essential roles for the highly-expressed alpha v beta 3 and alpha v beta 5 integrins Journal of Neuroinflammation  2011 8:157  DOI:10.1186/1742-2094-8-157  PMID:22074485  PMCID:PMC3239846