Decreased connexin 43 in astrocytes inhibits the neuroinflammatory reaction in an acute mouse model of neonatal sepsis

Neuroscience Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 763-768

  Zhou, Jing Jing ^a   Cheng, Cheng ^b   Qiu, Zilong ^b   Zhou, Wen Hao ^a   Cheng, Guo Qiang ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

astrocyte; Cx43; gap junction; neonatal sepsis

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; GJA1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CONNEXIN 43; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

EID: 84949109278     PISSN: 16737067     EISSN: 19958218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12264-015-1561-5     Document Type: Article

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