Effects of agrin on the expression and distribution of the water channel protein aquaporin-4 and volume regulation in cultured astrocytes

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2109-2118

  Noell, Susan ^a   Fallier Becker, Petra ^a   Beyer, Cordian ^c   Kröger, Stephan ^d   Mack, Andreas F ^b   Wolburg, Hartwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrin; Aquaporin 4; Astrocytes; Blood brain barrier; Cell culture

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; AQUAPORIN 4; ISOPROTEIN; ORNITHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIFFUSION; EDEMA; ENDOTHELIUM; FREEZE FRACTURE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MENINX; MOUSE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; WATER TRANSPORT;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AQUAPORIN 4; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FREEZE FRACTURING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; TRANSFECTION; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 35448967419     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05850.x     Document Type: Article

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