Blog – Page 3 – theshihlab

May 12, 2019 0 0 0

Dr. Andy Shih hopes to solve the mystery of microinfarcts — small, asymptomatic strokes that often occur undetected. Learn about how Andy’s...

March 9, 2019 0 0 0

We are lucky to be selected for JCBFM cover three times in the last few years! For this months issue, our paper on pericyte organization and...

March 9, 2019 0 0 0

https://www.ohsu.edu/xd/research/centers-institutes/neurology/blood-brain-barrier/news-and-events/2019-annual-meeting.cfm The BBB Consortium...

December 16, 2018 0 0 0

Congrats to Andree-Anne for winning an AFAR scholarship for research on the biology of aging! With this award, she plans to extend her studies on...

December 16, 2018 0 0 0

We have moved to the Seattle Children’s Research Institute in Seattle, Washington, and are excited to join the Center for Developmental...

January 3, 2018 0 0 0

Pericytes are a beautiful cell type to study. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The most elegant forms drape along the capillary bed...

January 2, 2018 0 0 0

Literature reviews on vascular dementia tend to have an “arterio-centric” view of vascular roles in disease progression. Indeed, ...

September 10, 2017 0 0 0

Mural cells cover the vasculature and control numerous aspects of vascular function, including control of blood flow, vessel growth/integrity...

September 10, 2017 0 0 0

About 40% of children with sickle cell disease develop small strokes visible by MRI, commonly referred to as silent cerebral infarcts. Some of...

August 1, 2017 0 0 0

Dinner at Bowen’s Island to send Chase Burton off to Grad School. Good luck Chase! Come back if you feel the urge to wiggle some mouse...

July 13, 2017 0 0 0

A new paper from our lab shows that microinfarcts induce prolonged dysfunction in brain areas estimated to be 12-times larger than the visible...

June 10, 2017 0 0 0

A study from our lab provides strong evidence that pericytes are a primary locus of matrix-mellaproteinase-9-dependent (MMP-9) capillary...