Roles of changes in active glutamine transport in brain edema development during hepatic encephalopathy: An emerging concept

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 599-604

  Zielińska, Magdalena ^a   Popek, Mariusz ^a   Albrecht, Jan ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Astrocytic swelling; Blood brain barrier; Brain edema; Glutamine; Glutamine transporters; Hepatic encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ARGININE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN SN1; GLUTAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; THIOACETAMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ASTROCYTE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIAL CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MEMBRANE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN EDEMA; CARRIER PROTEINS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84896873742     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-013-1141-x     Document Type: Review

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