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Drosophila glia use a conserved cotransporter mechanism to regulate extracellular volume.
Glia - 1 Feb 2011
Leiserson William M, Forbush Biff, Keshishian Haig
Abstract excerpt
The nervous system is protected by blood barriers that use multiple systems to control extracellular solute composition, osmotic pressure, and fluid volume. In the human nervous system, misregulation of the extracellular volume poses serious health threats. Here, we show that the glial cells that form the Drosophila blood-nerve barrier have a conserved molecular mechanism that regulates extracellular volume: the...
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