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Extracellular ATP and the P2X7 receptor in astrocyte-mediated motor neuron death: implications for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Journal of neuroinflammation - 9 Jun 2010
Gandelman Mandi, Peluffo Hugo, Beckman Joseph S, Cassina Patricia, Barbeito Luis
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BACKGROUND: During pathology of the nervous system, increased extracellular ATP acts both as a cytotoxic factor and pro-inflammatory mediator through P2X(7) receptors. In animal models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), astrocytes expressing superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1G93A) mutations displa...
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