Ischemia
Findings from Chinese University of Hong Kong, Medical Department advance knowledge in ischemia
Published in Blood Weekly, February 5th, 2009
"In this study, we investigated the effects of ischemia/reperfusion and chemical hypoxia on the morphology, cell viability and expression of bystin and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in primary cultured astrocytes which were prepared by the subculture method. The astrocytes in Hank's medium without glucose and serum (oxygen-glucose deprivation, ischemic cells) were first exposed to 1% O2 and then to 21% O2 (normoxia), or treated with different concentrations Of COCl2 or NaN3 for different periods," scientists writing in the journal Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Basis of Disease report.
"Relevant observations and measurements were then...
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