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Neuromyelitis optica: Aquaporin-4 based pathogenesis mechanisms and new therapies

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an autoimmune ‘aquaporinopathy’ of the central nervous system that causes inflammatory demyelinating lesions primarily in spinal cord and optic nerve, leading to paralysis and blindness. NMO lesions show loss of aquaporin-4 (AQP4), GFAP and myelin, infiltration of granu...

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Main Authors: Ratelade, Julien, Verkman, A.S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3676174/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22713791
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2012.06.013
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