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Effects of therapeutic hypothermia on the glial proteome and phenotype.
Current protein & peptide science - 1 Feb 2013
Kim Jong-Heon, Seo Minchul, Suk Kyoungho
Abstract excerpt
Therapeutic hypothermia is a useful intervention against brain injury in experimental models and patients, but its therapeutic applications are limited due to its ill-defined mode of action. Glia cells maintain homeostasis and protect the central nervous system from environmental change, but after brain injury, glia are activated and induce glial scar formation and secondary injury. On the other hand, therapeutic...
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