Hyperammonemia induces transport of taurine and creatine and suppresses claudin-12 gene expression in brain capillary endothelial cells in vitro

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 95-101

  Bélanger, Mireille ^a,b   Asashima, Tomoko ^b,c,d   Ohtsuki, Sumio ^b,c,d   Yamaguchi, Hirofumi ^b   Ito, Shingo ^b   Terasaki, Tetsuya ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Blood brain barrier; Brain capillary endothelial cells; Claudin 12; Creatine transporter; Taurine transporter

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARRIER PROTEIN; CLAUDIN; CREATINE; MESSENGER RNA; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CAPILLARY; CELL DAMAGE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; HYPERAMMONEMIA; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER FAILURE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOREGULATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIGHT JUNCTION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 33845302602     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2006.07.005     Document Type: Article

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