Redistribution of aquaporin-4 in human glioblastoma correlates with loss of agrin immunoreactivity from brain capillary basal laminae

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-318

  Warth, Arne ^a   Kröger, Stephen ^b   Wolburg, Hartwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrin; Aquaporin 4; Blood brain barrier; Glioblastoma; Orthogonal arrays of particles

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; ALPHA DYSTROGLYCAN; ALPHA SYNTROPHIN; AQUAPORIN 4; BINDING PROTEIN; DYSTROGLYCAN; DYSTROPHIN; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; SYNTROPHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UTROPHIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CAPILLARY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN REGION; CELL CONTACT; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MESENCHYME; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; AQUAPORINS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DYSTROGLYCANS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 1842688920     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-003-0812-0     Document Type: Article

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