Article
AQP4 tag single nucleotide polymorphisms in patients with traumatic brain injury.
Journal of neurotrauma - 1 Dec 2014
Dardiotis Efthimios, Paterakis Konstantinos, Tsivgoulis Georgios, Tsintou Magdalini, Hadjigeorgiou Georgios F, Dardioti Maria, Grigoriadis Savas, Simeonidou Constantina, Komnos Apostolos, Kapsalaki Eftychia, Fountas Kostas, Hadjigeorgiou Georgios M
Abstract excerpt
Accumulating evidence suggests that the extent of brain injury and the clinical outcome after traumatic brain injury (TBI) are modulated, to some degree, by genetic variants. Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is the predominant water channel in the central nervous system and plays a critical role in controlling the water content of brain cells and the development of brain edema after TBI. We sought to investigate the influence...
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