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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neurochem. 2009 Jul 31;111(2):291–314. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2009.06319.x

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Various phases of transmigration of peripheral monocytes across the BBB based on interactions between integrins and cell adhesion molecules. This receptor interaction process also requires involvement of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) to digest the basement membranes on the abluminal surface of the post-capillary venule as well as the basement membrane of the glia limitans.