Persistent elevation of lysophosphatidylcholine promotes radiation brain necrosis with microglial recruitment by P2RX4 activation

Abstract Brain radiation necrosis (RN) or neurocognitive disorder is a severe adverse effect that may occur after radiation therapy for malignant brain tumors or head and neck cancers. RN accompanies inflammation which causes edema or micro-bleeding, and no fundamental treatment has been developed....

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Main Authors: Natsuko Kondo, Yoshinori Sakurai, Takushi Takata, Kuniyuki Kano, Kyo Kume, Munetoshi Maeda, Nobuhiko Takai, Shugo Suzuki, Fumihiro Eto, Kenji Kikushima, Hideki Wanibuchi, Shin-Ichi Miyatake, Takayuki Kajihara, Shoji Oda, Mitsutoshi Setou, Junken Aoki, Minoru Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12293-3