Article
Protection against hypoxic-ischemic injury in transgenic mice overexpressing Kir6.2 channel pore in forebrain.
Molecular and cellular neurosciences - 1 Apr 2004
Héron-Milhavet Lisa, Xue-Jun Yang, Vannucci Susan J, Wood Teresa L, Willing Lisa B, Stannard Bethel, Hernandez-Sanchez Catalina, Mobbs Charles, Virsolvy Anne, LeRoith Derek
Abstract excerpt
The role of the K-ATP channel pore-forming subunit Kir6.2 on protection from cerebral hypoxic-ischemic injury was assessed in transgenic mice overexpressing normal Kir6.2 or a dominant negative form (AFA) of this subunit in the forebrain. The resulting mice overexpress either the Kir6.2 or the AFA transgene mainly in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. The Kir6.2 transgenic mice are resistant to hypoxic-ischemic...
Topics
- Action Potentials
- Animals
- Cerebral Cortex
- Cerebral Infarction
- Hippocampus
- Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain
- Immunity, Innate
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Nerve Degeneration
