Aquaporin-4 deletion in mice reduces encephalopathy and brain edema in experimental acute liver failure

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 222-228

  Rama Rao, Kakulavarapu V ^a   Verkman, A S ^b,c   Curtis, Kevin M ^a,d   Norenberg, Michael D ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Acute liver failure; Aquaporin 4; Astrocyte swelling; Brain edema; Thioacetamide; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 4; PARACETAMOL; THIOACETAMIDE;

ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; WATER CONTENT; WILD TYPE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; AQUAPORIN-4; ASTROCYTE SWELLING; BRAIN EDEMA; THIOACETAMIDE; TRANSGENIC MICE;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN EDEMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 1; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; THIOACETAMIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84891783498     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2013.11.018     Document Type: Article

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