Authors: Jie Yuan Linyuan Wang Jinmei Li Ningjia Cao Liang Wang Guibo Feng Tao Xue Yang Lu Xuefeng Wang
Publish Date: 2010/02/06
Volume: 42, Issue: 1, Pages: 53-58
Abstract
The small guanosine triphosphatase RhoA has recently been implicated in the pathogenesis of epilepsy in animals In this study we investigated the expression of RhoA in human epilepsy Brain tissue samples from 40 patients with intractable epilepsy and 14 histologically normal temporal lobes from control patients were used to compare RhoA immunoreactivity using immunohistochemistry immunofluorescent staining and western blotting Immunohistochemical staining and western blot analysis showed that RhoA immunoreactivity was increased in the patient group p 005 Immunofluorescent staining showed that RhoA was mainly expressed on cell membranes and in the cytoplasm Our findings demonstrate that upregulation of RhoA immunoreactivity occurs in the brains of patients with intractable epilepsyThe authors sincerely thank the patients and their families for their participation in this study We thank Tiantan Hospital and Xianwu Hospital of the Capital University of Medical Sciences and Xinqiao Hospital of the Third Military Medical University for their support in brain tissue procurement and the local ethics committee and the National Board of the Medical Affairs for their support
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