IL-1 or TNF receptor gene deletion delays onset of encephalopathy and attenuates brain edema in experimental acute liver failure

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-215

  Bémeur, Chantal ^a   Qu, Hong ^a   Desjardins, Paul ^a   Butterworth, Roger F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Azoxymethane; Brain edema; Hepatic encephalopathy; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

AZOXYMETHANE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR TYPE I; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN WATER; COMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER FAILURE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; AZOXYMETHANE; BRAIN EDEMA; GENE DELETION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77149125563     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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