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Effects of the PPARgamma activator pioglitazone on p38 MAP kinase and IkappaBalpha in the spinal cord of a transgenic mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Neuropathology : official journal of the Japanese Society of Neuropathology - 1 Aug 2008
Shibata Noriyuki, Kawaguchi-Niida Motoko, Yamamoto Tomoko, Toi Sono, Hirano Asao, Kobayashi Makio
Abstract excerpt
Emerging evidence suggests the involvement of programmed cell death and inflammation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). To assess molecular pathological effects of the anti-inflammatory peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPARgamma) agonist pioglitazone in ALS, we verified changes in the population of neurons, astrocytes, and microglia in the ventral horns of spinal cord lumbar segments from...
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