Neutrophil protease inhibition reduces neuromyelitis optica-immunoglobulin G-induced damage in mouse brain.
OBJECTIVE: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system associated with pathogenic autoantibodies against the astrocyte water channel protein aquaporin-4 (AQP4). The presence of neutrophils is a characteristic feature in NMO lesions in humans. Ne...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Jezik: | English |
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2012
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