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Evaluation of the immortalized human brain capillary endothelial cell line BB19 as a human cell culture model for the blood-brain barrier

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Abnormally elevated levels of DRP1 not only cause mitochondrial fission, mitochondrial fragmentation, and decreased efficiency of mitochondrial ATP production but also impede glucose uptake (104) and glucose-stimulated insulin secretion by inhibiting the translocation of the insulin receptor substrate 1-protein kinase B (IRS1-Akt) pathway and glucose transport proteins in mouse pancreatic -cells (105)

The ability to stop myostatin from functioning could be useful in conditions like Duchenne muscle dystrophy (DMD) or in people who suffer muscle loss during prolonged immobility