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The prostaglandin E2 EP2 receptor accelerates disease progression and inflammation in a model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Annals of neurology - 1 Sept 2008
Liang Xibin, Wang Qian, Shi Ju, Lokteva Ludmila, Breyer Richard M, Montine Thomas J, Andreasson Katrin
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OBJECTIVE: Inflammation has emerged as an important factor in disease progression in human and transgenic models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Recent studies demonstrate that the prostaglandin E(2) EP2 receptor is a major regulator of inflammatory oxidative injury in innate immunity. We tested whether EP2 signaling participated in disease pathogenesis in the G93A superoxide dismutase (SOD) model of...
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