Essential roles of gangliosides in the formation and maintenance of membrane microdomains in brain tissues

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1185-1191

  Ohmi, Yuhsuke ^a   Ohkawa, Yuki ^a   Yamauchi, Yoshio ^a   Tajima, Orie ^a,b   Furukawa, Keiko ^a,b   Furukawa, Koichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complement; Gangliosides; Inflammation; Knockout; Neurodegeneration; Rafts

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE; GANGLIOSIDE GD 1A; GANGLIOSIDE GD 1B; GANGLIOSIDE GD2; GANGLIOSIDE GD3; GANGLIOSIDE GM1; GANGLIOSIDE GM2; GANGLIOSIDE GT 1B; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE GENE; INFLAMMATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPID RAFT; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; MEMBRANE FORMATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROGLIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; GANGLIOSIDES; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; INFLAMMATION; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROGLIA; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; UP-REGULATION;

MUS;

EID: 84862896968     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-012-0764-7     Document Type: Review

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