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. 2019 Apr 5;16:72. doi: 10.1186/s12974-019-1460-1

Fig. 8.

Fig. 8

Abridged general view. Diabetes upregulated the expression of caveolin-1 and the glycosylation of CD147 in both astrocytes and endothelium and further elevated the activities of MMPs, especially MMP-2/9. Higher MMP activity accelerates the degradation of BBB components and ultimately leads to erythrocyte leakage after rt-PA treatment of acute cerebral ischemia