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ArticleScientific reports2021

Downregulation of CD40L-CD40 attenuates seizure susceptibility and severity of seizures.

Esther Pototskiy, Katherine Vinokuroff, Andrew Ojeda, C Kendall Major, Deepak Sharma, Taylor Anderson, Kendall Howard, Ronen Borenstein, Alberto E Musto

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. CD40-CD40L in Neurological Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Esther Pototskiy *Department of Pathology and Anatomy, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 700 W. Olney Road, Lewis Hall, Office 2174, Norfolk, VA, 23507, USA.
Katherine Vinokuroff *Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.
Andrew OjedaDepartment of Pathology and Anatomy, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 700 W. Olney Road, Lewis Hall, Office 2174, Norfolk, VA, 23507, USA.
C Kendall MajorEastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.
Deepak SharmaEastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.
Taylor AndersonEastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.
Kendall HowardEastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.
Ronen BorensteinDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Cell Biology, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 23507, USA.
Alberto E MustoDepartment of Pathology and Anatomy, Eastern Virginia Medical School, 700 W. Olney Road, Lewis Hall, Office 2174, Norfolk, VA, 23507, USA. mustoae@evms.edu.
Eastern Virginia Medical School · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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. Brain samples from human TLE and post-seizure mice were processed to determine CD40-CD40L expression using histological and molecular techniques. CD40 expression was higher in hippocampus from human TLE and in cortical neurons and hippocampal neural terminals after experimental seizures. CD40-CD40L levels increased after seizures in the hippocampus and in the cortex. After SE, CD40L/CD40 levels increased in cortex and showed an upward trend in the hippocampus. CD40KO mice demonstrated reduction in seizure severity and in latency compared to WT mice. Anti-CD40L antibody limited seizure susceptibility and seizure severity. CD40L-CD40 interaction can serve as a target for an immuno-therapy for TLE.

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Disease Models, AnimalDown-RegulationAnimalsCD40 AntigensCD40 LigandEpilepsy, Temporal LobeGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHippocampusHumansMaleMiceMice, 129 StrainMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNeuronsPentylenetetrazoleCD40 AntigensCD40 LigandPentylenetetrazole

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PMID34446808
PMCPMC8390750
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