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Babette B. Weksler

Babette B. Weksler

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Medicine

D-Index
102
Citations
33438
World Ranking
7746
National Ranking
4035

Overview

Babette B. Weksler is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Neuroscience, with specific focus on subfields such as Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Epidemiology.

Their recent publication record includes research on various topics related to vascular and neurological health. Notable topics covered in their work include:

  • Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
  • Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases

Weksler has published in multiple venues, with recent papers appearing in:

  • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • Biomedicines
  • The FASEB Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Babette B. Weksler include:

  • A human-derived neurovascular unit in vitro model to study the effects of cellular cross-talk and soluble factors on barrier integrity, 2022, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
  • High Levels of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in CCM3-Deficient Cells Increase Their Susceptibility to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibition, 2020, Biomedicines
  • Issue Information, 2020, The FASEB Journal

Frequent collaborators in Babette B. Weksler's research have included Pierre-Olivier Couraud, Ignacio A. Romero, Chiara Barberio, Aimee Withers, and Yash Mishra. Collaboration counts with these coauthors range from one to two joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Blood-brain barrier-specific properties of a human adult brain endothelial cell line

    B. B. Weksler;E. A. Subileau;N. Perrière;P. Charneau

  • Stimulation of Endothelial Cell Prostacyclin Production by Thrombin, Trypsin, and the Ionophore A 23187

    Babette B. Weksler;Christopher W. Ley;Eric A. Jaffe

  • Synthesis of prostaglandin I2 (prostacyclin) by cultured human and bovine endothelial cells.

    Babette B. Weksler;Aaron J. Marcus;Eric A. Jaffe

  • Cyclo-oxygenase 2: a pharmacological target for the prevention of cancer.

    Andrew J Dannenberg;Nasser K Altorki;Jay O Boyle;Chau Dang

  • In vitro models of the blood-brain barrier: An overview of commonly used brain endothelial cell culture models and guidelines for their use

    Hans C. Helms;N. Joan Abbott;Malgorzata Burek;Romeo Cecchelli

  • Thrombocytopenia associated with chronic liver disease

    Nezam Afdhal;John McHutchison;Robert Brown;Ira Jacobson

  • The hCMEC/D3 cell line as a model of the human blood brain barrier

    Babette Barbash Weksler;Ignacio A. Romero;Pierre-Olivier Couraud;Pierre-Olivier Couraud;Pierre-Olivier Couraud

  • Differential Inhibition by Aspirin of Vascular and Platelet Prostaglandin Synthesis in Atherosclerotic Patients

    Babette B. Weksler;Stuart B. Pett;Daniel Alonso;Richard C. Richter

  • BBB ON CHIP: microfluidic platform to mechanically and biochemically modulate blood-brain barrier function

    L. M. Griep;F. Wolbers;B. de Wagenaar;P. M. ter Braak

  • TRANSCRIPTION OF CYCLOOXYGENASE-2 IS ENHANCED IN TRANSFORMED MAMMARY EPITHELIAL CELLS

    Kotha Subbaramaiah;Nitin Telang;John T. Ramonetti;Ruriko Araki

  • Synthesis of Prostacyclin from Platelet-derived Endoperoxides by Cultured Human Endothelial Cells

    Aaron J. Marcus;Babette B. Weksler;Eric A. Jaffe;M. Johan Broekman

  • Isolation and characterization of human bone marrow microvascular endothelial cells: hematopoietic progenitor cell adhesion

    Shahin Rafii;Fred Shapiro;Julio Rimarachin;Ralph L. Nachman

  • Reactive oxygen species alter brain endothelial tight junction dynamics via RhoA, PI3 kinase, and PKB signaling

    Gerty Schreibelt;Gijs Kooij;Arie Reijerkerk;Ruben van Doorn

  • Recovery of endothelial cell prostacyclin production after inhibition by low doses of aspirin.

    Eric A. Jaffe;Babette B. Weksler

  • Erythropoietin and hypoxia stimulate erythropoietin receptor and nitric oxide production by endothelial cells

    Bojana B. Beleslin-Cokic;Vladan P. Cokic;Xiaobing Yu;Babette B. Weksler

  • Development of a three-dimensional, all-human in vitro model of the blood–brain barrier using mono-, co-, and tri-cultivation Transwell models

    Kathryn Hatherell;Pierre-Olivier Couraud;Ignacio A. Romero;Babette Weksler

  • Very short telomere length by flow fluorescence in situ hybridization identifies patients with dyskeratosis congenita.

    Blanche P. Alter;Gabriela M. Baerlocher;Sharon A. Savage;Stephen J. Chanock

  • The human brain endothelial cell line hCMEC/D3 as a human blood-brain barrier model for drug transport studies.

    Birk Poller;Heike Gutmann;Stephan Krahenbuhl;Babette Weksler

  • Differential effects of hydrocortisone and TNFα on tight junction proteins in an in vitro model of the human blood-brain barrier

    Carola Förster;Malgorzata Burek;Ignacio A. Romero;Babette Weksler

  • Correlation between thrombin-induced prostacyclin production and inositol trisphosphate and cytosolic free calcium levels in cultured human endothelial cells.

    E A Jaffe;J Grulich;B B Weksler;G Hampel

Frequent Co-Authors

Ignacio A. Romero
Ignacio A. Romero The Open University
Eric A. Jaffe
Eric A. Jaffe Cornell University
Ellinor I.B. Peerschke
Ellinor I.B. Peerschke Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Andrew J. Dannenberg
Andrew J. Dannenberg Cornell University
Kotha Subbaramaiah
Kotha Subbaramaiah Cornell University
David P. Hajjar
David P. Hajjar Cornell University
Elena Tremoli
Elena Tremoli University of Milan
Marc E. Weksler
Marc E. Weksler Cornell University
Berhane Ghebrehiwet
Berhane Ghebrehiwet Stony Brook University

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