Connexin 43 Astrocytopathy Linked to Rapidly Progressive Multiple Sclerosis and Neuromyelitis Optica

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Masaki, Katsuhisa ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi O ^a   Matsushita, Takuya ^a   Matsuoka, Takeshi ^a   Imamura, Shihoko ^a   Yamasaki, Ryo ^a   Suzuki, Makiko ^b   Suenaga, Toshihiko ^c   Iwaki, Toru ^a   Kira, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; CD68 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT; CONNEXIN 30; CONNEXIN 32; CONNEXIN 43; CONNEXIN 47; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; MYELIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOPATHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYELOOPTIC NEUROPATHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA SPECTRUM DISORDER; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OLIGODENDROGLIOPATHY; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTES; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA;

EID: 84882775450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072919     Document Type: Article

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