Loss of astrocyte connexins 43 and 30 does not significantly alter susceptibility or severity of acute experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in mice

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 245, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 8-14

  Lutz, Sarah E ^a   Raine, Cedric S ^a   Brosnan, Celia F ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; Gap junctions; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 43; CRE RECOMBINASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GAP JUNCTION; GENOTYPE; GLIOSIS; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE WET WEIGHT; WEIGHT; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; INFLAMMATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84859637994     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: 18728421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2012.01.007     Document Type: Article

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