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Downregulation of CD40L-CD40 attenuates seizure susceptibility and severity of seizures.
Scientific reports - 26 Aug 2021
Pototskiy Esther, Vinokuroff Katherine, Ojeda Andrew, Major C Kendall, Sharma Deepak, Anderson Taylor, Howard Kendall, Borenstein Ronen, Musto Alberto E
Abstract excerpt
Unregulated neuro-inflammation mediates seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Our aim was to determine the effect of CD40-CD40L activation in experimental seizures. CD40 deficient mice (CD40KO) and control mice (wild type, WT) received pentenyltetrazole (PTZ) or pilocarpine to evaluate seizures and status epilepticus (SE) respectively. In mice, anti-CD40L antibody was administered intranasally before PTZ....
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