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ArticleJournal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany)2022

Aquaporin-4 prevents exaggerated astrocytosis and structural damage in retinal inflammation.

Ali Maisam Afzali, Lasse Stüve, Monika Pfaller, Lilian Aly, Katja Steiger, Benjamin Knier, Thomas Korn

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Article in Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ali Maisam AfzaliInstitute for Experimental Neuroimmunology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3256-5298
Lasse StüveInstitute for Experimental Neuroimmunology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine, Munich, Germany.
Monika PfallerInstitute for Experimental Neuroimmunology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine, Munich, Germany.
Lilian AlyInstitute for Experimental Neuroimmunology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7051-124X
Katja SteigerInstitute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7269-5433
Benjamin KnierInstitute for Experimental Neuroimmunology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4187-9472
Thomas KornInstitute for Experimental Neuroimmunology, Technical University of Munich School of Medicine, Munich, Germany. thomas.korn@tum.de.ORCID 0000-0002-3633-0955
Technical University of Munich · DEMunich Cluster for Systems Neurology · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aquaporin-4 (AQP4) is the molecular target of the immune response in neuromyelitis optica (NMO) that leads to severe structural damage in the central nervous system (CNS) and in the retina. Conversely, AQP4 might be upregulated in astrocytes as a compensatory event in multiple sclerosis. Thus, the functional relevance of AQP4 in neuroinflammation needs to be defined. Here, we tested the role of AQP4 in the retina in MOG(35-55)-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) using optical coherence tomography (OCT), OCT angiography, immunohistology, flow cytometry, and gene expression analysis in wild-type and Aqp4

Indexed as

Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalGliosisAlbuminsAnimalsAquaporin 4CicatrixInflammationMiceRetinaAlbuminsAquaporin 4AQP4AstrocytosisEAEGFAPOCTOCT angiographyRetina

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PMID35536323
PMCPMC9166880
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